Dotty Live, Ice Cream Time (Video)

My name is Bob DeMarco, I am an Alzheimer's caregiver. The woman in the video is my mother Dorothy, now 95 years old, she has Alzheimer's disease.

Your comments and reactions are welcomed.

Alzheimer's Caregiving: Quiddler and Verbal Engagement (Audio)

The formation of this pattern -- of doing something together -- makes it more natural when you want the person to engage in other types of activities....

Quiddler is a card game that more or less is a form of Scrabble played with cards. It is a great game that can be played by family and friends. It is fast paced.

Quiddler

You might be wondering why I have the game up here.

Simple. This could be an interesting game that Alzheimer's caregivers and patients can play together. You don't have to follow the rules. You can use the cards and make up your own rules.

Here is an example. You lay out some cards. Lets assume you pick the two letters "S and C". Next you say to the person with Alzheimer's lets think of some words that start with the letters SC.

Or, you could have a dictionary nearby and say, lets look up some words that start with S and C. As you look up the words you can have the person read the definition. You can then discuss the word.

Dotty Wakes Up Tired but in a Good Mood (Audio)

By Bob DeMarco

Dotty woke up twice today.

For the last few days Dotty has been eating everything she can get her hands on. This is disturbing because over eating tends to make Dotty more difficult to deal with. She tends to be more irritable because most of her energy is going into digesting her food. It is like it saps the energy from her brain.

She has the early morning back ache. This means poop agita on the horizon for today. We will treat this with a double round of the magic elixir -- prune juice.

At least she is in a good mood so we are off to a good start today.

Listen to Dotty in the CinchCast below.

Dotty Continues to Amaze Me

By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room

Miracle

What can I say? Thank goodness. Dotty? Amazing

A Good Healthy Conversation With Dotty

I had fun writing this article. But not nearly as much fun as I had having a good healthy conversation with Dotty this morning.....

By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room

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Dotty Says, Most Doctors are Quacks

We gotta stop watching that Dr Oz show. If they put Dr Oz and Bobby in the same room all they would talk about is poop.

By Dorothy DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room

Bobby says, I am a lovable character. I also heard him say that I am a "bitch". I have to admit I don't remember him saying that in a long time.

I guess I feel the same way about Bobby. Bobby is a good son. Bobby is also a "pain in the ass sometimes".

Dotty Says, Of Course I Can Read I'm Not Dead

You won't believe this one either.....

By Dorothy DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room

Can you believe in the article -- Alzheimer's My Mother Can Read -- Bobby has a picture of Chiquita Banana. And, guess what he wants me to do now? He wants me to sing the Chiquita Banana song.