Caregivers of those with dementia know that decision-making is challenging. The following extract from an article addresses problems with communication.

“Finster has had dementia for 10 years. She has spent most of that time in facilities with increasing levels of care, moving from an independent living facility, to assisted living to memory care. Mantua has felt some of the frustration that caregivers of other patients with dementia have experienced. Three or four years ago, when Finster still  had a phone in her room, she sometimes called her son Les — Mantua’s older brother — 10 times to leave him the same message that people were coming into her room and stealing her food. She simply forgot that she had called before.” (emphasis added)

Read the full article at: http://khn.org/news/patients-with-dementia-create-communication-challenges-in-hospice-care/