Reading, Engaging and Communicating with an Alzheimer's Patient (Podcast))

By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room

Take the extra step. Walk the extra yard. Engage. Keep on living. Don’t be afraid to try things. Do things that you have always done together. Don’t let anyone discourage you or get in your way.

Alzheimer's World -- Nonverbal Communication and the Dimensions of Time

By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Front Row

A few days ago I was watching a short video made by a television station about an Alzheimer's caregiver and her mother.

They shot the video in the home of the family.

Jan's Story: A Love Lost to Alzheimer's (Video)

By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Front Row

Finally, when her anger and confusion were slipping out of our control, I moved her into an assisted-living facility, where on each painful visit I see the changes as she disappears a little more.

A friend calls it grieving, like saying goodbye by going to the same funeral over and over again.

"It's really challenging to grieve someone that's sitting right in front of you," said Kallmyer. "It's really challenging to grieve someone that you've just helped take a bath and get them dressed."

"Because it's such a long process and a long road that a family travels down together, it changes family dynamics," said Pring. "And it takes away all our preconceived notions about how families should look and how they should function."

"I know that he will always be in my life," Jan said.