Alzheimer’s patients and verbal abuse: how to deal with itWritten by William Hammond, J.D.
Abuse of any kind is difficult to deal with. Types of verbal abuse can include following:·Does your loved one ignore your feelings? ·Is he disrespectful? ·Does he withhold approval, appreciation or affection? ·Does he walk away without answering you? ·Does he criticize you, call you names or yell at you? ·Does he humiliate you in public or in privacy of your home? ·Does he tell you that you are too sensitive? ·Does he destroy furniture or punch holes in walls? These are some of signs, but there are many more that may be observed. Abuse is difficult to deal with if abuser has Alzheimer’s disease since abuser can’t really control it. If a person with Alzheimer’s becomes verbally abusive, it may be because he is suffering from depression or aggressive behavior caused by disease. In this case you might want to involve your doctor and let him know situation. He may be able to prescribe an anti-depressive medication or simply change current medication. You may want to take a break from your loved one, as sometimes caring all time for same person can be exhausting. Or you can try to place your loved one in an adult day care, or hire some professional help. Make sure that substitute caregivers are knowledgeable about Alzheimer’s disease and know how to handle patients with dementia. One way to deal with situation before it becomes a big problem is to try humor. You cannot control how your loved one is acting but you can decrease feelings of frustration by controlling how you respond. Try to validate your loved one’s feelings; it will definitely help him. Many times, people with Alzheimer’s are so frustrated that they act it out through verbal abuse and aggression. Put yourself in his place. It is very frustrating!
| | Your Most Important CosmeticWritten by Wendy Owen
Article - Your Most Important Cosmetic? Sunblock by a mile!Are you a skin care junkie? Is your bathroom closet overflowing with bottles and jars? Does content of these bottles and jars actually do anything to improve your skin? My guess is "sometimes". We all get seduced by promises of younger looking skin or banish wrinkles overnight. But sad fact is a lot of pretty looking products out there do not do what they promise and wrinkles, acne, broken veins or whatever ails you is still there next morning. There is one cosmetic that stands head and shoulders above rest - Sunblock. Sunblock is best preventative of aging skin you can buy in a bottle. It won't make you look younger in a few applications, you need to use it regularly - like every day - but over time it will make a tremendous difference to appearance of your skin. Sunblock can be found as lotion, gel, roll on, or spray. If you're on a tight budget you can usually buy a bottle for just a few dollars from a supermarket or drugstore. Test it on an inconspicuous part of you first in case you have an allergy to it! This is more important for cheaper brands.
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