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| Having spent my career as a Medical Social | | | | First of all, I will say that being with a loved one |
| Worker and Elder Abuse Investigator it seems | | | | or patient with Alzheimer's type dementia is |
| natural for me to share some insight for those | | | | difficult if not heartbreaking. Seeing a person often |
| family members and caregivers working with | | | | familiar or most dear in an abyss of memory loss |
| victims of Alzheimer's disease. | | | | takes determination and strength. The greatest |
| I will not take a Physiological and Psychological | | | | barrier to appropriate care is accepting the |
| approach for delivering information. I will leave that | | | | relationship must change and must become |
| to Physicians and Therapists. What I would like to | | | | flexible. It is the burden of the caregiver to initiate |
| share is some practical information that has | | | | these changes in order to provide safe and loving |
| proven helpful to my clients and their families and | | | | care. |