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• It's a very scary and emotional feeling, but that's what it feels like for someone with Alzheimer's disease," said Phyllis Sanchez, administrator of Belmont Senior Care.
• Confusion, fear, panic, loneliness, desperation and anger are just a few of the emotions that individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease could exhibit.
• At times, those behaviors make the person appear unstable, unmanageable and difficult.
• "Alzheimer's can be a very strange view," Sanchez said.
• Barb Caudle, regional director of the Pueblo/Southern Colorado Alzheimer's Association, said while some people may shy away from Alzheimer's victims because of their bizarre behavior, she said knowing how the individual thinks can make encounters a lot more pleasant.
• Just as no two people with dementia behave in the same manner, the role of every caregiver also is different, said Sanchez.
• What matters is that you are not upsetting them or challenging them."
• Sometimes the individual might say things that are rude and hurtful to the people who care the most for them.
• "When I was caring for my mom, she would tell me that she was going to tell Jesus on me," one woman said during a recent caregivers' support group meeting.
• Caudle said there also is the perception that people with Alzheimer's disease are mean.
• The person is reacting out of fear, frustration or paranoia," she said.
• "Anything you can do to make the person feel more safe and secure can lessen the reaction in that person."
• Caudle said the tone of voice that a person uses in speaking with someone with dementia also can evoke a panicked reaction.
• "Caregivers need to be in control without being controlling," she said.
• Finally, Caudle said, people should remember that a lot of the behaviors cannot be controlled.

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