I Finally Realized Alzheimer's Was the Enemy - Not My Mom

I wondered if instead of complaining, could I replace the "bad" patterns of behavior that come along with dementia - patterns of behavior that were driving me crazy - with "new" more positive patterns of behavior?Always Be Kinder Than You FeelListen Now orContinue ReadingBy Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomOne of things I noticed very early on in my care giving effort for my mother,Dotty, was that she was engaging in very distinct patterns of behavior.Not only was she engaging in a long list of behaviors that were driving me crazy, day in day out, she was often doing them at the same time of day.We even had a very distinct macro pattern that was occurring every week.Monday and Tuesday were good days. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday can best be described as a slow decline into the abyss.But the crazy part happened when my mother would go into her bedroom around 8 PM on Saturday and not come out until 7:09 PM on Sunday plus or minus two minutes.Related Article -Alzheimer's Care, Acceptance, Recognition, Change, and LifeYou read that right. I would sit in the living room on Sunday and wait. If we made it to 7:07 PM I would think the same thought every time. She'll be out in the next four minutes. It happened every time.Now here is the crazy part. On Saturday night my mother would start refusing to talk to me, go into her bedroom and nothing I could do or say would get her out.By Sunday she was madder than a junkyard dog. But, when she walked into the living room on Sunday ...
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