Hints For Caring For The Alzheimer Patient 提示为照顾老年痴呆症病人

The feelings associated with an Alzheimers diagnosis, can leave the patient feeling devastated and overwhelmed.感情与阿尔采末一诊断，可以离开病人的感觉蹂躏和不知所措。 Feelings of anger leading to angry "why me?"愤怒的感情，导致愤怒， “为什么是我？ ” questions are common to sufferers of Alzheimers disease.问题是共同的患者阿尔采末病。 Care givers of those suffering from this syndrome often feel powerless and like they have no idea what the future is going to bring.照顾那些患有这种综合征常常感到无能为力一样，他们不知道什么是未来要实现。 Since Alzheimers' care can last as long as 20 years, learning how to cope and getting educated on the matter is important for the 5 million patients and their families.阿尔采末以来，护理可以在过去长达20年，学习如何应付，并得到教育，对此事是很重要的为500.0万病人及其家属。

One of the problems with Alzheimer's is that all patients present with different symptoms and different levels of progression.其中一个问题，与老年痴呆症的是，所有病人目前的不同症状和不同程度的进展。 A few people with Alzheimer's will do things like attempt to drive cars without knowing how, or wander off unexpectedly.极少数人与阿尔茨海默氏症将事情一样，企图驾车不知道如何，或流连过意外。 Alzheimer's disease can be noticed early by such signs as misplacing keys, having trouble with names, and becoming irrationally angry without remembering why.阿尔茨海默病的可以看到早期由这些迹象作为misplacing钥匙，遇到的姓名，并成为理性的愤怒，没有记忆的原因。 When the disease progresses to its final stages, a patient can no longer recognize family members or friends, or even talk.当疾病进展到最后阶段，病人可以不再承认家庭成员或朋友，或什至谈话。 There are no hard and fast rules for this because everyone's case is different;  one must take individual situations into acccount.有没有硬性的规则，这是因为每个人的情况不同;之一，必须采取个别情况纳入acccount 。 (belongs to the one who is patient)," according to Connie Kudlacek, who previously headed the Alzheimers Association Midlands Chapter. "Rather than thinking about the worst case scenario, we should concentrate on the positive aspects and look for way in which to nurture their individuality and offer them ways to succeed, even in the advanced stages." （属于一个谁是病人） ， “据康妮库德拉希克，谁以前率领阿尔采末协会西米德兰的篇章。 ” ，而不是思考最坏的情况，我们应集中于积极的方面，寻求以何种方式，以培育他们的个性和他们提供的方法，要取得成功，即使在先进的阶段“ 。

Professor Jacquelyn Frank of the Ulndy's Center for Aging points out how difficult it can be to care for a loved one with Alzheimers, as they gradually seem to become another person.教授jacquelyn坦诚的ulndy中心的老化指出，多么困难，可以照顾一位亲人与阿尔采末，因为他们似乎逐渐成为另一个人。 She characterizes the feelings as "anticipatory grief."  This relates to the fear of losing someone before they're actually dead.  Also, there is "ambiguous loss," the conflicting experience of taking care of a person who is alive in body, but lacking ability to function socially.她的特点的感情，作为“有预见性的悲痛。 ”这涉及到害怕失去某人之前，他们其实是死，也有“含糊不清的损失， ”冲突的经验，照顾一个人，谁是活在身体，但缺乏有能力的社会功能。 In Alzheimers support groups to maintain positive attitude in spite of such isolation and hopelessness the airing out of emotions is highlighted by Frank.在阿尔采末支援小组，以维持积极的态度，尽管这种孤立和绝望了广开言路，走出情绪所强调的是坦诚。

One way to help provide adequate Alzheimer care is to minimize frustrations.其中一个方法，以帮助提供足够的照顾老年痴呆症，是尽量减少挫折感。 In the beginning you may have a hard time trying to give your loved one a bath or feed them,but as time goes on you will understand their natural schedule of when they will be the easiest to work with. You should produce a routine to have more predictable  manageable day for Alzheimer's patient .  For someone caring for an Alzheimer's patient, it's useful to limit decision-making that can be stressful. For example, it may be hard to choose a dress from a closet which is full of clothes, whereas a choice between two outfits may be much easier

When caring for someone with Alzheimer's, you must be able to adapt to changes. It's difficult at first to get used to the mood swings of the Alzheimers patient. He or she may abruptly refuse to eat what was once a favorite dish, or be resistant to clothes of a certain color. The patient suffers from blackouts and does not want to show, but insists on living as if nothing is wrong. Remember that in cases like these, the individual can't help this, so try not to take it personally.  Try not to use a too blatant or obvious approach. If it is hard convincing your loved one to change his clothes everyday, you might try buying several sets of the same outfit and then switch them while he is showering.

Patients that have either cancer or heart disease may require 3 to 5 years of care, where as the patients suffering from Alzheimers  disease may entail 20 years or so. The gradual deterioration of the Alzheimer patient can be partitcularly demoralizing for the person caring for someone they care about. Because there is no cure for Alzheimers disease learning about it is the key.