You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles.
Kevin WhatelyWith something like cancer, there is a feeling that you can fight it in some way or control your response to it, but with dementia there is the fear of losing control of your mind and your life.
Kevin WhatelyFrom the time you are a tiny baby, a parent's love is usually unconditional. Whatever you do, your parents think you are the tops, but when their memory goes, you stop recouping the love you've put in.
Kevin Whately