Friday 31 January 2014

Grandma Is Not Defined By Alzheimer's Disease!


My thoughts and beliefs about  people who have Alzheimer's disease or dementia was challenged the other day when I was watching an episode of the Long Island Medium. In case you aren't familiar with the show, Theresa Caputo (the Long Island Medium) connects with people who have crossed over, died, are no longer in the physical world or whatever else you want to call it when someone passes away.

Watching this show, as well as many other sources of information, has reinforced my belief that the soul or spirit lives on when a person leaves their physical body. When this happens, whatever physical, emotional or spiritual difficulties people are experiencing disappear and what is left is pure love and wholeness. I know that there are as many beliefs about this as there are people on this planet, but I really try to keep an open mind and ask myself what if...?

During one of the shows, Theresa met a grand daughter of a woman who had died with end stage dementia. In the final stages she was no longer able to communicate and her grand daughter would share her stories from her day with her, read to her and communicate with her sharing her life without expecting anything in return. Through Theresa, the grandmother shared that she wanted to thank her grand daughter for continuing to speak with her and treat her as though she didn't have Alzheimer's disease. She appreciated and was aware of all the stories she told her, even though she couldn't express it at the time.

When I heard this I got goose bumps! So many of our assumptions rest on the belief that the person doesn't know the difference, doesn't know if we visit or not, won't remember our time together. What if...they actually do, and what we say and do actually does make a difference. What if....when the person dies they become whole and are aware of everything that occurred in this physical world even if communication is limited by dementia? What would you do or say differently?

Of course, none of us really knows what goes on behind the Alzheimer's disease and what happens when a person dies. In a previous post, When Saying "Good bye" Is Beautiful, I shared my experience of being with my mother in law as she passed away, and some of the powerful things that happened. I do believe that if we come from the belief that the person with Alzheimer's is at some level aware, we might communicate differently. I know that I would have read to Jessie more, sang more, shared my day more, went through old pictures more often.  I would have continually reminded myself that even if she couldn't express it, she was aware and grateful!

6 comments:

  1. That's a beautiful story and certainly could give a lot of people another way of handling a loved one with this terrible disease. I am glad to know about the reading the grand-daughter had with Theresa...I hope other people can get this same perspective...I'm sure it would help both people involved :-). Thanks for sharing!

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  2. For those people whose relative are suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and maybe reading this, I find it hard that people are still ignorant of herbal medicine when it comes to treating Alzheimer’s Disease.
    I have been through many phases over the last couple of years since my father's diagnosis, he was 53 years old and had Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease and his diagnosis changed my life in many ways, I spend most of the time in denial and I keep thinking the tests were wrong. But deep down I knew they were correct. Though sharing his story is very difficult. He was always very successful in being able to accomplish anything he set his mind on doing. Alzheimer’s is a bitch of a disease. It began by robbing his recent memory, but it didn't stop there. It continues to steal, taking the most recent memories until it has pilfered all but the oldest memories, he experienced a decline in his ability to think, remember and make decisions. I feel a need to express my thoughts and feelings about how it affected his day to day living and how its deteriorated since despite the help of some wonderful medics and medicine.
    I remind myself how lucky to come across Charanjit rychtova's herbal medicine which is able to control this disease without any side effect, I felt a moment of relief hoping that he is free from this ailment, and nothing compares to the healing power of nature. Now I believe almost every health problem can be addressed in one natural way or another. The only thing I wanted was for him to feel better. I’m proud to say my Dad is Alzheimer’s free. You can also contact him for advice and more info. charantova@gmail.com

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  3. In my own case it was just over four years ago when my Mum began to sound different on the phone. She lived back East with my siblings and my husband and I were living on the West coast and in phone calls it became apparent that my Mum's voice no longer had the same tones of excitement and humor that she used to; and instead it was very flat. At the same time she began to tell us about a situation at work that just didn't seem possible; she was complaining that a group of fellow workers were conspiring to get her. Although Mum had much academic success as a teenager, her behavior had become increasingly odd during the past years. She quit seeing her friends and no longer seemed to care about her appearance or social pursuits. She began wearing the same clothes each day and seldom bathed. She lived with several family members but rarely spoke to any of us. Obviously this whole story seemed very unbelievable and we sensed something was wrong but had no clue as to what it could be. We recommended that my Mum quit her job and look for something else - as we began to wonder if she had a "mental breakdown" and would get better once out of the stressful job situation.
    In the case of Mum, she was having persecurtory delusions, auditory hallucinations and negative symptoms that had lasted for at least Three years. All of these symptoms fit with a diagnosis of Dementia. Her story reflects a common case, in which a high-functioning young adult goes through a major decline in day-to-day skills. Although family and friends may feel this is a loss of the person they knew, the illness can be treated and a good outcome is possible as it all got better when we started using a herbal medicine for her through Aparajita.
    My recommendation to people who are either wondering if they have DEmentia or wondering if a friend or loved one has Dementia should contact aparajitatan@gmail.com. I think one of our key problems was that we didn't do this in the early days of my Mum's illness as we never thought of a natural alternative for her.

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