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[quote=Anonymous]Definitely try to find humor.  When my mom was hospitalized the other day she asked no less than 30 times where we were.  I just repeated the same few sentences “we’re at the hospital!  You fell and hurt yourself.  They have to call the ambulance.  It must have been very scary for you.  We’re here so they can make sure you’re going to be okay”.  Every ten minutes…. Like a PP I relayed that story to friends for humor.

With dementia you really need to completely flip how you think of things.  Once you can get past your irritation and accept this is a disease, it’s not your loved one, life must be so incredibly scary for them, they probably still recognize you as a safe person, it’s so hard for them to get through their day.  So if you can answer their repetitive questions patiently (over and over and over) you’re really doing them a solid.  You’re providing them a moment of comfort.

Think of them as a toddler who has special needs and is incapable of learning from any previous experiences.  [/quote]

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