10 Things a Person Living with Dementia Would Tell You If They Could

Here are ten communications tips that can help Alzheimer's caregivers improve their daily life.Sometimes it helps to look at each situation from the perspective, or from out of the eyes of the person living with dementia.What's the Difference Between Alzheimer's and Dementiaby Alzheimer's Reading RoomSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading - This is a Free Service - Join NowDotty's Ten Tips for Communicating with a Person Living with DementiaYou know what makes me feel safe, secure, and happy?A smile.Did you ever consider this?When you get tense and uptight it makes me feel tense and uptight.Instead of getting all bent out of shape when I do something that seems perfectly normal to me, and perfectly nutty to you, why not just smile at me?It will take the edge off the situation all the way around.Please try to understand and remember it is my short term memory,my right now memory, that is gone -- don't talk so fast, or use so many words.You know what I am going to say if you go off intolong winded explanations on why we should do something? I am going to sayNo, because I can never be certain if you are asking me to do something I like, ordrink a bottle of castor oil. So I'll just sayNo to be safe.Slow down. Anddon't sneak up on me and start talking. Did I tell you I like smiles?Make sure you have my attention before you start blabbering away. What is going to happen if you start blabbering away and you don't have my attention, or confuse me? I am going to sayNo - count on it...
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