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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Will I Have Alzheimer’s?

Our goal is to understand what risk factors are present in each individual and create a plan that best helps them reduce their risk and make appropriate plans for the future.

Neurologist David Geldmacher, M.D., who leads the University of Alabama at Birmingham memory disorders program, sees a lot of older patients with memory loss, dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.

One of the questions frequently asked of him by the caregivers of these patients, often a spouse or the patients’ adult children, is

“could this happen to me?”

“It is very common for family members of a patient receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or other form of dementia to wonder about their own risk.” 

Is short-term memory a sign of dementia?

Increasing forgetfulness or mild confusion may be the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and memory loss.

A reader searching Bing using the following keywords

is short-term memory a sign of dementia

was directed to the following article in the Alzheimer's Reading Room.

What is Momentia?

What is Momentia?

Momentia is a joyful proclamation. Momentia declares the new dementia story, a story not of fear, isolation, despair, futility and loss, but a story of hope, connection, growth, purpose and courage.

Momentia affirms a story told by the lips and lives of people living with dementia, a story of living fully and boldly in the moment.

VA Caregiver Support

Did you know that the VA has services designed to support you in your role as a Family Caregiver?

A reader searching Bing using the following keywords

does the va have a program for alzhiemers

was directed to this article in the Alzheimer's Reading Room.

VA’s Caregiver Support Program Expanding

What effects negative attitude have on someone with dementia

A reader searching Bing using the following keywords 

- what effects negative attitude have on someone with dementia -

was directed to the following article in the Alzheimer's Reading Room

Alzheimer's Caregiving Lots and Lots of Negative Feelings

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Yahoo Search - Suspecting Alzheimers Stubborn Irritable

A search of Yahoo using the following keywords - suspecting alzheimers stubborn irritable - lead to the following information and article.

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

Bing Keyword - do alzheimers patients have a fear of abandonment?

Does you Alzheimer's patient get angry, act mean, and start accusing you of things that just were not true? Any of these?

Do you leave your patient alone while you go to work? Are they angry or difficult to deal with when you come home?

When I left Dotty alone she quickly became scared, confused, anxious, and I soon learned she feared that I was going to abandon her.

The following article was ranked number on in the Bing Search.

Alzheimer's Patients Often Feel Abandoned

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Alzheimer's - the long goodbye

You have probably heard this term - the long goodbye - used quite often in relation to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

What if you were the person with dementia?

Alzheimers and Bexarotene

Everything You Want to Know about Bexarotene and Alzheimer's

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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.

Problems with Balance, Walking and Falling Can Be an Early Sign of Dementia

Balance and walking problems often present before the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's or dementia...

By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room

When I first came to Delray Beach to take care of my mother, she was falling down all the time.

Once, I found her laying in the parking lot and she could not get up. She was shaking like a leaf. Another time she fell down and broke her little finger. It took us over ten hours in the emergency room that time around. She would fall and couldn't get back up.