Should the Alzheimer’s Patient be told the Diagnosis? This is a troubling issue and the answer depends on many variables including: patient’s age, stage of Alzheimer’s progression and current health. If a person is diagnosed with Early-Onset Alzheimer’s at a young age, it’s especially devastating. However, symptoms are identified and the younger person learns of [...]
When to Lie to the Alzheimer’s Patient to avoid Conflict
06/25/2010 By 5 Comments
One of the hardest things for me to learn was that agreeing with Mom, at all cost, was the first line of defense no matter how peculiar or troublesome the behavior. The problem is, most of us are raised as “truth-tellers” and to flat-out lie to a parent or authority figure is a most odious [...]
