Don’t ask someone suffering
from Alzheimer’s Disease a string of questions, like you’re quizzing them, and then
look pleased with yourself when they answer one or two correctly. It’s not
about you. Would you ask a quadriplegic: "Can you lift your left arm? And your
right arm? And your left leg? Ok, and your right one?"
And don’t say, when the person
replies, in response to your questions, that she has forgotten all about the
family history, “Oh?! But you just told me all of that information a few
minutes ago!” as though you’ve won some kind of competition.
You don’t understand the
condition, you have no idea how your response humiliates the person, and you
should rather shut the f**k up, go and read up about the condition, and THEN
try, the next time you see the person, to behave like a decent, compassionate human being!
I can fully understand why
families might not want to take a loved one with Alzheimer’s into a social
setting.
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This link shows a concise explanation, in animated form, of what Alzheimer's Disease is:
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