No, I am not telling you what that means, you go where the action is and then you tell me…. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room That’s Dotty in the sunglasses, at the Banana Boat. Yesterday, I wrote about how Dotty remembered after a week that she won $50 at bingo. This made me think about communication with Dotty. I am now remembering that when Dotty was first diagnosed, I thought I better get all the information about the past that I could out of Dotty. At that time, it was particularly interesting talking to Dotty. She couldn’t remember what she ate that day, but she could remember what she was doing in 1922. You have to remember, I was new to the Alzheimer’s game at the time. So I was both curious about the disease and starting up the Alzheimer’s learning curve. In some ways, you could say I was fascinated. One night I am talking to Dotty and asking her about her father William Watts. Next thing I know we are discussing what he did for work. Dotty then tells me how she remembers going to work with her father. He delivered products to corner grocery stores. Might not sound like much until we get to part where Dotty is riding with him on the horse drawn truck while at work with him. This was something I never knew or ever heard about. Next Dotty tells me about how the store owners use to give her things, like candy.

Original Source of Alzheimer’s Communication — Go Where the Action is