Living With Dementia Parent

Dementia is a disease that can bring grief to a family if it isn t handled correctly.

Living with dementia parent.

If you re helping a parent out with the basics of living you re a caregiver. When dementia care is part of the picture it becomes a lot more difficult. So what do you do when your aging parent refuses to admit there is a problem. There are so many myths circulating about the illness and many people do not understand that dementia is a manageable condition.

According to the world health organization there are over 50 million people living with dementia. In fact many families living with a dementia patient can find some peace and a little stability. If you and your parent had a difficult relationship before moving them in it will not get better with proximity and dementia. For example our mom has always been impatient and living alone for years she was used to everything running on her schedule.

Forget all the wordy explanations. Elders currently living with dementia are part of a generation in which emotions were. Don t use lengthy explanations especially when trying to convince your parent to shower. If a person living with dementia can t remember three simple words after a minute or two they are not going to understand or remember your long winded explanationof why they should or need to take a shower.

Cognitive and behavioral changes from dementia can occur unpredictably and parents may resist care. Bad qualities may be exaggerated and even formerly sweet parents may turn surly or mean. It is the leading cause of a loss of independence in seniors and one of the hardest diseases to accept. If your visits have stopped being social and become a necessity you re a.