How the Loss of Memory Works in Alzheimer’s Disease, and How Understanding This Could Help You

“First in, last out ... Last in, first out”

I learned a while back how the expression “first in, last out and last in, first out” describes how the loss of memory works in patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

By Carole B. Larkin

The expression, First in, last out ... Last in, first out, is a short way of explaining that the things we learned long ago, like in childhood or when we were young adults, stay in Alzheimer’s patients’ memories longer than things they learned or experienced recently.

I never knew how this occurred, just that it did occur with persons suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

Recently, I went to a lecture given by one of Dallas’ most knowledgeable geriatric psychiatrists and I finally found out -- How and Why.

Alzheimer's World Trying to Reconnect with Someone Suffering from Alzheimer's Disease

I accept that this new world is very different from the real world as I know it. I also accept that the behaviors that my mother often expresses -- the behaviors that drive me crazy in real world -- are perfectly acceptable and are the norm in Alzheimer's World.

Earlier I wrote -- Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's World and The New Reality.

This article should be considered as a companion to that article. They go hand in hand.

Both articles are designed to help you communicate with someone suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

After years of trying to figure out how to communicate effectively with my mother Dorothy who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, I concluded that I needed a good mental construct so that I could better understand and comprehend what I was trying to accomplish.

Alzheimer's Disease -- Advice and Insight

Alzheimer's Disease -- Advice and Insight

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• 60 Good Reasons to Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading Room
• About the Alzheimer's Reading Room
• Alzheimer's Disease and the Five Stages of Grief
• What is Alzheimer's? What are the Eight Types of Dementia?
• Alzheimer's Disease CareGiving -- Insight and Advice (20 articles)
• Test Your Memory for Alzheimer's Disease (5 Best Self Assessment Tests)
• Communicating in Alzheimer's World
• Worried About Alzheimer's Disease -- You Should Be
• Does the Combination of Aricept and Namenda Help Slow the Rate of Decline in Alzheimer's Disease Patients
• Alzheimer's Disease Statistics
• Is it Really Alzheimer's Disease or Something Else?
• Ten Symptoms of Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease
• Ten Tips for Communicating with an Alzheimer’s Disease Patients

Confessions of an Alzheimer's Caregiver

True confession from an Alzheimer's activist, wife, caregiver....

To be a caregiver isn’t an easy task. I am sure anyone reading this forum knows that by now. However, the issues aren’t just the actual ‘taking care.’ In addition to the difficulties of care giving, I think many of us struggle with the emotional issues of guilt and frustration, and, quite truthfully, never really knowing if we are doing the right thing...

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Confessions of an Alzheimer's Caregiver

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