5 Problems and Solutions for People with Alzheimer’s Disease

When you become a caregiver for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease your life changes drastically. From often-repeated questions to bizarrely compulsive behaviors to personality changes, you must deal with many bewildering, frustrating, and worrying behaviors…and you must also face the knowledge that your loved one’s condition is degenerative (and ultimately fatal). No two cases of dementia are the same, but many do share similar characteristics, and there are practical ways to deal with so-called “problem” behaviors. Here are five of them, as well as how you can most effectively respond: PROBLEM: Compulsive Behaviors. Your loved one may constantly check…

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