Relevant to my last post, this article I found details many of the strange behaviors of Alzheimer’s patients.
Last evening, I heard an amazing speaker, Teepa Snow. The biography on her website begins, “Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA is an occupational therapist currently working as a dementia care and dementia education specialist.”
http://www.teepasnow.com/teepa_snow_resources.html
Her website is full of helpful resources including a link to her own YouTube videos about dementia/Alzheimer’s. She easily mimics the behaviors and common situations that occur when you are the caregiver of a family member with dementia. She taught me so much about how to relate to my father as I give him care. I understand more about the disease; thanks to Teepa Snow.
Julie Hall
In The Trenches 