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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Getting into their world: a caregiver's story

...Hogwash, I thought. I know my dad. I know he is not capable of coming into my "reality" and I wasn't going to torture him by trying to drag him along. If I argued that he was delusional, he would feel degraded and disrespected. It made no sense to me. I still had my brain. Why couldn't I put his anxiety to rest by traveling into his world – his "reality"?

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Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 01:01 AM in Aging, Alzheimer's, caregiving, Dementia, Empathy for Caregivers, Empathy for Seniors, Family, Memory, Reflections |

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