Richard Taylor Tells His Alzheimer’s Story

The ongoing story of Richard Taylor, an Alzheimer’s sufferer, appears periodically in Alzheimer’s Daily News.  He tells what it’s like to experience this disease. 

In the current article, The Alzheimer’s Three-Step, Richard has excellent advice for the caregiver…information I wish I’d known when caring for my mom and aunt.  Not much information was available then, especially written from the viewpoint of the Alzheimer’s victim.

“Ask me each time your response does not produce a mutually acceptable moment for you and for me,” Richard suggests.

He also points out something the didn’t occur to me, and probably not to most caregivers…we change as well as the Alzheimer’s victim.  “Yes, we are different in lots of ways,  many of which we have never experienced before, at least not to these extreme degrees.”

If you’re a caregiver,  whether for a family member or as a professional…READ THIS article.  I wish, I wish I’d had something like this article of Richard’s to guide me when I was a caregiver.  Not that I was a bad caregiver.  I did the best I could and look back upon those days with Mother and Auntie with love and laughter. However, I was always looking for information that would help to understand better my family members and their needs.

Thank you, Richard, for sharing your thoughts and suggestions with all of us.