How to talk to an alzheimer's patient

Turn negatives into positives. For example say “Let’s go here” instead of “Don’t go there”. Be inclusive and don’t talking down to them as if they were a child.

Respect the fact that they are an adult, and treat them as such.

For more tips read this article.

Ten Tips for Communicating with an Alzheimer's Patient

Bob DeMarco 

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Excerpt from -- Communicating in Alzheimer's World

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Excerpt from -- Communicating in Alzheimer's World

Welcome to Alzheimer's World.

Don't be afraid or reluctant to step into this new and very different world.

In Alzheimer's World, reality takes on a different shape.

Reality in Alzheimer's World is a reflection of what the person living with Alzheimer's thinks and believes. It is this reality that you must focus on, not the way YOU think things are, or should be.

Acceptance.

I feel confident when I say this -- you won't be able to convince a person who is deeply forgetful that they are wrong, and you won't be able to convince them that your reality is the true reality. They can't remember like you or me, so they really cannot comprehend your point of view.

When you do this you are asking the person who is deeply forgetful to come back into your world. They cannot do this.

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If you engage the person living with dementia, keep them socialized, use music, and large doses of bright light along with lots of "real" exercise and a good diet, you just might get more lucid moments.

~ Bob DeMarco, Alzheimer's Reading Room

Where does Alzheimers begin?

Dementia due to Alzheimer disease is preceded by about 5 to 6 years of accelerated decline in multiple cognitive functions.

By contrast, little decline is evident in persons who do not develop Alzheimer disease.

Dementia patients accusations

It is not unusual for Alzheimer's and dementia patients to make false accusations.

For example, it is not uncommon for dementia patients to say someone is stealing money from them. It is also fairly common for women living with Alzheimer's to guard their purse. Even to take it to bed with them at night.

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Regardless of circumstance, the Alzheimer's caregiver becomes attached to the person living with Alzheimer's.

The person living with Alzheimer's becomes psychologically and emotionally attached to the Alzheimer's caregiver.

This emotional attachment is a result of the day in and day out acts of caring. A bond is formed.

It really doesn't matter what your relationship was like with the Alzheimer's patient before you started caring. You are going to get glued.

Emotional super glue.

This helps explain in part why all of your emotions are heightened while caring. You begin to feel.

It's the emotional super glue that makes the difference.

This in part explains the how and the why of what your are doing as a caregiver. It also explains why others cannot understand how or why you do it.

Emotional super glue.

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Alzheimer’s disease patients sometimes have personality changes that can be extremely negative.