Can A Mortal Living Amongst Dementia Conk Happier As Well As To A Greater Extent Than Aware ?
It is non odd for persons living alongside Alzheimer's or a related dementia to await unlike equally the affliction progresses.
Sometimes they start to await dull, unaware, together with sometimes mean.
Some people conclude,
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This never happened to me. In fact, I decided early that I would modify my woman parent dorsum into the someone "I knew".
And together with then I did.
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Bob DeMarco
I depict our journeying alongside Alzheimer's equally
The Path from Burden to Joy.
For the starting fourth dimension xviii months together both Dotty together with I were miserable. I straight off believe this happened because of my inability to adjust to the changes that were happening inward Dotty's brain.
I tried to process Dotty similar I e'er had. Quite frankly, it did non work.
I had to larn to await together with listen. I had to larn a novel means to communicate - cutting out the blah blah blah.
I had to larn how to reconnect alongside my woman parent - two circles trying to intersect.
At first, I idea I had to detect a means to convey my woman parent out, or dorsum hence to speak. I in conclusion realized that wasn't going to tumble out inward the means I was envisioning early on; hence instead, I realized I had to bring together her inward her novel world, and I did.
Dotty on her 95th Birthday, 2011 What produce you lot think, did she await different? |
One of my greatest discoveries, together with game changers, was Harvey, the repeat parrot. Harvey had an amazing means to communicate alongside Dotty.
But what he did best was listen, together with reinforce her.
I wrote previously that Harvey is the greatest caregiver tool of them all. I believe this to hold upwardly true.
In the video direct below, you volition encounter our goodness friend Jeannemarie together with Dotty interacting alongside Petey together with Harvey.
Notice the await on Dotty's confront equally she leans inward together with says,
Harvey's my boyfriend.
Watch Dotty's confront closely equally she sings, together with the strength inward her voice.
When the parrots plough together with confront the camera, Petey is on the left, together with Harvey is on the right. Find a Petey here.
This video is iii minutes together with 27 seconds long. Watch Dotty's face.
For those of you lot that desire to encounter Dotty again, or learn to a greater extent than nigh her, I propose you lot click the link to the next videos.
In this video you lot volition encounter Dotty start yesteryear telling a fascinating storey nigh her woman parent together with the Lobster Club inward due south Philadelphia. I never heard this storey before, together with neither had anyone else.
Later inward the video, Dotty volition starting fourth dimension tell she won't sing, but alongside a trivial fleck of guidance, she starts singing away. I cry back you lot volition taste the ending.
The next is my favorite video of all time. This happened 2 months earlier Dotty died together with went to Heaven. You mightiness hold upwardly thinking she was looking pretty bad.
Nope, she was total of an awareness that stunned me on that day, together with continues to stun me together with warm my pump over together with over. Keep inward hear Dotty scored a xiv on the MMSE inward 2009. This video was taken inward March, 2012.
When I utter publicly I also exhibit this video. It you lot are patient together with sentinel to the terminate you lot mightiness hold upwardly pleasantly surprised together with uplifted.
Please similar together with part the videos inward the Alzheimer's Community.
Here are the links (you tin move re-create together with glue them):
Alzheimer's Patient Dotty Sings alongside Parrots -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0oqEO4fRaI&list=PL1B6FBA45DB0E1518&feature=share&index=6
Alzheimer's Patient Sings Shine on Harvest Moon, together with Talks to Parrot -- http://youtu.be/3tUUpo-1noI
95 Year Old Alzheimer's Patient Colors Beautifully together with Talks About It -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kHJmePJsi0&feature=share&list=PL1B6FBA45DB0E1518
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