There is a Reason Behind Their Behavior

One thing I’ve learned in 20 years of working with people who have late on-set Alzheimer’s disease is that there is a reason behind their behavior....

By Vicki de Klerk-Rubin

I talked to a woman who just had visited her mother in a nursing facility, the ‘Alzheimer’s floor’.

She argued with the floor aide, “I don’t want my mother carrying that silly doll around. She’s an adult for God’s sake.”