There’s NOTHING in geriatrics that drives me more crazy than when you’re on a tour of a dementia care community and the tour guide says…“This is our Alttttheimer’s and dementia unit.” First of all, it’s ALZheimer’s, not ALTheimer’s: you gotta hit that “Z”, people! It’s a German last name. Secondly, families are confused enough without hearing “Alz and dementia” in the same sentence. Dementia is the umbrella term, so the tour guide SHOULD be saying just, “dementia,” or, if they MUST, “Alzheimer’s disease and other types/forms/causes of dementia.”
“ALTTTTheimer’s and dementia”

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Rachael Wonderlin is an internationally-recognized dementia care expert and consultant. She has a Master’s in Gerontology and is the author of three published books with Johns Hopkins University Press. Rachael owns Dementia By Day, a dementia care consulting and education company.

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