The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)

by Nancy L. Mace

Occasionally a person who has an illness that causes dementia will insist that her spouse is not her spouse or that her home is not her real home. These are forms of agnosia. Reassure the person, “I know I look old but I am your husband,” but avoid