The Importance of Positive Thinking in Dementia Care

You are what you think. How you think and the thoughts you think determine how you feel, perceive the world, and act. You control your brain.By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomThere is a continuum of Alzheimer's caregiving that runs fromBurden to Joy.Can how you think affect your Alzheimer's caregiving effort?Can how you act effect your caregiving effort?Can how you talk and the words you use effect your caregiving effort?Can how you speak to a person living with Alzheimer's effect how they feel and act?You bet it can. Communicating in Alzheimer's WorldThere is a continuum of Alzheimer's caregiving that runs from Burden to Joy.Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail:Over the years, I watched a long list of caregivers move alongthe continuum from Burden to Joy. I watched. I payed attention.Learn More -Think Dementia CareLike most, I started at Burden. I started there even thoughI chose to be an Alzheimer's caregiver.If you have been here for a while you know, IArticle -banged my head against the wall.IrantheArticle -hamster wheel.Itook theArticle -Alzheimer's roller coaster ridea100 or more times. I am no different than any other caregiver in that respect.It took years but I finally learned how to leave the burden behind. And then, after many years I finallystarted to feel the Joy. I guess you could say I made it to the promised land of Alzheimer's caregiving. That is how it felt for me.Learn More -Burden in Alzheimer's CareThe way you think. The thoughts you th...
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