Life goes on for the caregiver and sufferer through the looking glass.The dread diagnosis of Alzheimer’s does not mean your life is over. You can still live a happy life, but you will need to make changes and accept that some things will be more difficult and very different.
- Try to live a healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet, excersize, and getting enough sleep. This will help your brains to function at their best.
- Look after your emotional well-being by seeing friends and family, a counselor, joining a support group, or starting a journal or blog.
- Both of you will experience a range of thoughts and emotions as you come to terms with the diagnosis - denial, anger, frustration, depression. It's important to acknowledge and deal with these emotions.
- Speak with your friends and family and neighbors and let them know how they can help. Keep them informed as things progress. Set up some form of respite.
- Try to keep doing activities that you enjoy and make adjustments to changing abilities. It can help to stick to a predictable routine. Create easy to follow systems.
- Hold on to some sense of humor.
