People living with Alzheimer’s can be extremely difficult to understand. Alzheimer’s patients in an early stage are still able to hold a conversation and remember an array of things. Whether is their favorite coffee shop, an event that took place years ago, or names and faces of family members and friends.
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Adversely, it is common for a person living with dementia to repeat the same question over and over, or to engage in bizarre behaviors or frequently grow upset. The only problem is, infrequent visitors rarely witness these behaviors and don’t comprehend that something is dramatically wrong.
When a person is suffering from dementia the brain stops recording new information. The person living with dementia surrenders the ability to remember what just happened. The present will never be with them in memory. As a result, Alzheimer’s patients become like a broken record.
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So when a person begins to enter a state of dementia, the record in their head stops. Imagine, from this point on in your life you are unable to remember anything that just happened. No new memories, no new experiences.
Patients that are mean or angry ask crippling questions like where is my wife when she is she is standing right next to them. Although it can be extremely difficult, you must take a hard look at the person living with dementia and hold close that they can no longer remember the passing present. Their brain has stopped recording and the record machine is broken.
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It is not easy to accept this, but accepting this will make it easier to love and interact with a person living with Alzheimer’s.