I often hear people say that a person suffering from Alzheimer’s is not the person they knew. I wonder to myself – Who are they then?
~Bob DeMarco
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You know, people get frustrated because their loved ones who have Alzheimer’s, oh, he doesn’t recognize me anymore, how can I recognize this person, if they don’t recognize me? They’re not the same person.
Well, they are the same person, but they’ve got a brain disease. And it’s not their fault they’ve got this disease.
~ Ron Reagan
_____________________________________________I am saddened when I hear these words –this is not the person I knew — because those words objectify the person suffering from Alzheimer’s.
When you objectify a person you also dehumanize them.
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