Caregiver Life - "How to Change Bad Behavior to Good Behavior"

Alzheimer's and dementia patients engage in all kinds of behaviors that we the caregivers find alarming, stressful, and wrong.Alzheimer's caregivers have great difficulty accepting the "normal" behaviors that are often expressed by Alzheimer's patients.I use the word normal because what is perfectly normal behavior for a person living with dementia is not always "normal" to us.We have difficulty accepting these behaviors.Article -1 Fact About Alzheimer's That Remains a MysteryBy Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail:When a person living with dementia believes something to be true it is true - is true as far as they are concerned. You might know that it is not true and you will probably try to correct them, or explain to them why they are wrong.You cannot convince an Alzheimer's patient that what they believe is untrue, because they believe it is true. Everyone is entitled to their beliefs regardless of disease.Once you acceptit is not about how your are feeling or your beliefs, it is abouthow they are feeling and their beliefs; you can put an end to a strategy that just won't work.Article -Alzheimer's Care, Acceptance, Recognition, Change, and LifeGo ahead keep trying to explain. Use as many words and ways that you can think of - it won't work.Go bang your head against the wall. That is what you are doing anyway.It is possible to change the behavior of a person living with dementia. You can change almost any bad, or unsettling,...
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