Dementia and Alzheimers Disease
Problems Family Caregivers Face When Caring for Loved Ones Suffering From Dementia
This book compares the dance between the dementia patient and the loved ones who are their caretakers where they seem to have the same arguments over and over again, the “Alzheimer’s patients seem unable to learn from their mistakes. But it is also, because, weirdly enough, caregivers experience the same problem. In an uncanny mirroring, we get pulled into a parallel process with our charges, forgetting what happened yesterday, repeating what didn’t work last time, becoming ever more prone to agitation and impatience, even as we’re engaged in a trial of devotion that pushes love to its limit.” […]