Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Alzheimer's World -- Accepting Repetitive Behavior as the New Normal


It was only after I finally understood that the behaviors my mother was engaging in were normal for a person suffering from Alzheimer's disease that I was able to finally accept Alzheimer's disease....
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room

Seven long years. For seven long years I have been trying to come up with a good answer to a question I get asked almost every day -- how can you stop a person that has Alzheimer's disease from asking me the same question over and over? How can you stop a person suffering from Alzheimer's disease from engaging in the same behaviors over and over?

Help me.

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