5 Things Every Caregiver Should Say and Think to Themselves

1. I am going to be doing this for a while, so I may as well go ahead and become the best caregiver I can be.By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomWhat you think and what you feel are important. Are you trying to be thebest caregiver you can be?If youthink negatively the situation will remain negative.If youthink positively the situation will turn positive.An effective Alzheimer's caregiveruses their brain to find ways to improve the situation. The more activities you engage in the better the situation becomes.Dementia Patients are People Too2. If I learn how to think of my love one as deeply forgetful, maybe I will stop thinking they won't do anything I want them to do.Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail:Let's face it.Alzheimer's is a negative word with heavy negative connotation. The word itself fills us with dread and a sense of hopelessness.Reality for the deeply forgetful is a reflection of what the person living with dementia thinks and believes.It is this new reality that you must focus on,not the way YOU think things are, or should be. If you start asking yourselfwhy, you will soon learn thatthe way a person living with dementia thinks and feels is normal for them.The goal in all communications with a person living with dementiashould be to connect with them in a positive, constructive, effective way.Embracing the Reality of a Person Living with DementiaConnecting with a Person Living with Dementia3. I wonder what it feels like to be living with Alzheimer's...
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