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David Troxel, author of The Best Friends Approach to ,Alzheimer’s, Care, recommends that when you have your family member’s best interests at heart, it is sometimes easier to get forgiveness than permission.You may have to line up services that you need and start them, even without your family member’s initial consent. Once you get the ball rolling, the person with ,dementia, often goes along.

The person with dementia may not recognise new clothes as belonging to them if they have no memory of having bought them, and so may not want to wear them. It may be better to buy more of the clothes that the person likes and is familiar with, rather than something different. Accept …

The reasons for this can include: not being able to react quickly enough to the sensation of needing to use the toilet. failing to get to the toilet in time – for example, because of mobility problems. not being able to tell someone that they need to go to the toilet because of problems communicating.

But she ,refused to wear, a ,diaper,, so for months I had loads and loads of pee-soaked laundry to do on a daily basis. I had to cover all of the couches and chairs in crib liners. I am still ...

The signs of ,dementia, are obvious to you, but when you mention the possibility to your parent, they deny the ,dementia, symptoms and ,refuse, to get help. What can you do? It’s important to understand the two main reasons why a parent would deny ,dementia, symptoms: Anosognosia. Anosognosia is simply a word that means a lack of awareness that you have an impairment.

Take comfort in knowing that nearly all parents of 2-year-olds have this struggle. Dressing is a good arena for your child to assert his independence, something he's learning to do right now. And when a 2-year-old knows his mom or dad wants him to do something urgently, that's exactly when he's …