As an Alzheimer's caregiver, how can I cope with increasing memory loss?

As both short-term (recent) and long-term (remote) memory become increasingly impaired, the caregiver will need to serve as surrogate memory to the patient, filling in blank spaces where needed, or glossing over the issue of failed memory. Nothing is to be gained by dwelling on the fact that the patient cannot remember the information. Nor is there any benefit in correcting the patient when they mis-remember something that the caregiver knows is not true.

When meeting people, the caregiver should clearly identify the person they are meeting, rather than assuming that the patient remembers with whom he is speaking. I recommend that you begin to think of your loved one in more objective, clinical terms, and not just as “my spouse” or “my mother” or “my father.” This may enable you to respond to any troublesome behaviors more objectively rather than just emotionally.

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