Ukhathalelo lwe-Dementia: Ukuhamba ngokuTyelelwa nguGqirha kunye nomntu Omthandayo

Umxholo

• Njengoko sasikhangela indawo yokupaka ngaphandle kweofisi ye-neurologist, umalume wandibuza kwakhona, "Ngoku, kutheni undithatha apha? Andazi ukuba kutheni wonke umntu ebonakala ngathi kukho into engalunganga ngam. "
• Kuxhaphake kangakanani isifo sengqondo esixhalabisayo?
• Umnceda njani umntu omthandayo onesifo sengqondo esiyingozi?
• Yintoni omele uyenze ngaphambi kokutyelela ugqirha
• Yintoni omele uyenze ngexesha lokutyelela ugqirha
• Ungalunika njani olona nyango lungcono ngaphandle kweofisi kagqirha

Njengoko sasikhangela indawo yokupaka ngaphandle kweofisi ye-neurologist, umalume wandibuza kwakhona, "Ngoku, kutheni undithatha apha? Andazi ukuba kutheni wonke umntu ebonakala ngathi kukho into engalunganga ngam. "

Ndinovalo ndaphendula, "Ewe, andazi. Sicinga nje ukuba ufuna ukutyelelwa ngugqirha ukuze nithethe ngezinye izinto. ” Ukuphazanyiswa yimizamo yam yokupaka, umalume wabonakala elungile ngempendulo yam engacacanga.

Ukuthatha umntu omthandayo ukutyelela ugqirha malunga nempilo yabo yengqondo kuyinto nje engathandekiyo. Ungazichaza njani iinkxalabo zakho kugqirha ngaphandle kokumenza iintloni umntu omthandayo? Ubavumela njani ukuba bagcine imbeko ethile? Wenza ntoni ukuba umntu omthandayo uyaphika ukuba akukho ngxaki? Ubenza njani ukuba baye kugqirha wabo kwasekuqaleni?

Kuxhaphake kangakanani isifo sengqondo esixhalabisayo?

Ngokuka, abantu abazizigidi ezingama-47.5 kwihlabathi liphela banesifo sengqondo esixhalabisayo. Isifo se-Alzheimer sesona sizathu siphambili sokudodobala kwengqondo kwaye sinokuba negalelo kuma-60 ukuya kuma-70 ekhulwini amatyala. E-United States, i-Alzheimer's Association inika ingxelo yokuba abantu abamalunga ne-5.5 yezigidi baphila nesifo i-Alzheimer's. Ngenxa yokwanda kwenani labantu abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-65 ubudala eUnited States, kulindeleke ukuba eli nani lenyuke.

Nokuba ujongene nala manani, kunokuba nzima ukuvuma ukuba isifo sengqondo esixhalabisayo sisichaphazela thina okanye umntu esimthandayo. Izitshixo ezilahlekileyo, amagama alibalekileyo, kunye nokudideka kunokubonakala ngathi kuyingxaki ngaphandle kwengxaki. I-dementias ezininzi ziqhubela phambili. Iimpawu ziqala kancinci kancinci kancinci kancinci, ngokuka-Alzheimer's Association. Iimpawu zesifo sengqondo esixhalabisayo zinokucaca ngakumbi kumalungu osapho okanye kubahlobo.

Umnceda njani umntu omthandayo onesifo sengqondo esiyingozi?

Oko kusibuyisela kwindlela esifumana ngayo umntu esimthandayo ukuba abone ingcali ngokubhekisele kwisifo sengqondo esixhalabisayo. Abaninzi abanonopheli bayasokola ngento yokuxelela umntu wabo abamthandayo ngotyelelo lukagqirha. Iingcali zithi konke malunga nendlela ozilungiselela ngayo ezinokwenza umahluko.

"Ndixelela amalungu osapho ukuba ayiphathe njengolunye utyelelo lwamayeza othintelo, njenge-colonoscopy okanye ukuvavanywa koxinano lwamathambo," utshilo uDiana Kerwin, MD, inkosi ye-geriatrics kwisibhedlele iTexas Health Presbyterian Hospital eDallas kunye nomlawuli weTexas Alzheimer's and Disorder Memory. "Iintsapho zinokuxelela umntu obathandayo ukuba bayokuvavanywa ingqondo."

Yintoni omele uyenze ngaphambi kokutyelela ugqirha

• Beka ndawonye uluhlu lwawo onke amayeza, kubandakanya amayeza angaphezulu kwekhawuntareni kunye nezongezelelo. Dwelisa isixa semali kunye nesiqhelo. Ngcono nangakumbi, zifake zonke engxoweni, kwaye uzizise kwidibano.
• Qinisekisa ukuba unokuqonda okucacileyo kwimbali yentsapho yakho yonyango kunye nosapho.
• Cinga ngokubonileyo ngememori yabo. Baqale nini ukuba nengxaki nenkumbulo yabo? Ibonakalise njani ubomi babo? Bhala phantsi eminye imizekelo yeenguqu ozibonileyo.
• Yiza noluhlu lwemibuzo.
• Yiza notepad ukuthatha amanqaku.

Yintoni omele uyenze ngexesha lokutyelela ugqirha

Nje ukuba ulapho, wena okanye ugqirha wabo ungabeka ithoni yokubonisa imbeko kulowo umthandayo.

"Ndiyabazisa ukuba silapha ukuza kubona ukuba ndingabanceda ukugcina inkumbulo yabo kule minyaka ili-10 ukuya kwengama-20 izayo," utshilo uGqirha Kerwin. "Emva koko, ndiye ndibuze isigulana ukuba ndinayo na imvume yokuthetha nesithandwa saso malunga noko sikubonileyo."

Ukuba ngumphathi weendaba ezimbi kunokuba ngumsebenzi onzima kumongi. Kodwa unokujonga kugqirha wakho ngoncedo apha. UKerwin uthi ukwimeko eyodwa yokunceda iintsapho zijongane neengxoxo ezinzima.

UKerwin uthi: “Ndingaba ngoyena mntu ombi onokuthi kusenokwenzeka ukuba lixesha lokuba bayeke ukuqhuba okanye kungafuneka bafudukele kwenye indawo,” utshilo uKerwin. “Kuyo nayiphi na ingxoxo, ndisebenza ukugcina isigulana sithatha inxaxheba kangangoko ukusinika ulawulo.”

Ungalunika njani olona nyango lungcono ngaphandle kweofisi kagqirha

Ngelixa ezinye izigulana zishiya amayeza, kuqhelekile ukuba oogqirha babathumele ekhaya nemiyalelo yokutshintsha indlela abatya ngayo kunye nokwandisa umthambo wabo ukunceda imemori yabo. Kanye njengokuba unokukhumbuza umntu omthandayo ukuba athathe amayeza akhe rhoqo, kubalulekile ukuba ubancede babambelele kule ndlela yokuphila intsha, utshilo uKerwin.

Ngelishwa, ukutyelelwa ngoogqirha kuyinxalenye nje encinci yoxinzelelo kumava abanonopheli abaninzi. Kubalulekile ukuba ungalahleki koku. Ngokwe-Family Caregiver Alliance, uphando lubonisa ukuba abanonopheli babonisa amanqanaba aphezulu oxinzelelo, banengxaki yoxinzelelo oluphezulu, banomngcipheko wesifo sentliziyo, kwaye banamazinga asezantsi okuzinyamekela. Ngenxa yezi zizathu, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba abanonopheli bakhumbule ukuzikhathalela ngokunjalo. Musa ukulibala ukuba ukuze ubekhona kubo, impilo yakho yomzimba, yengqondo, kunye neemvakalelo kufuneka ize kuqala.

UKerwin ucebisa ngelithi: “Ndikhuthaza [abo babanonophelayo] ukuba baxelele ugqirha wabo ukuba bakhathalele umntu abamthandayo, kwaye ndiyabacela ukuba balandele indlela efanayo naleyo ndimyalela yona umguli.” Ndikwacebisa ukuba bachithe ubuncinci iiyure ezine kabini ngeveki bekude nesithandwa sabo.

Mna ke, ndide ndayifumana indawo yokupaka, kwaye umalume wam ethandabuza wabona ugqirha wemithambo-luvo. Ngoku sibona ingcali yokuvavanywa kwengqondo amatyeli aliqela ngonyaka. Kwaye nangona ihlala inomdla, sihlala sishiya siziva sihlonitshwe kwaye sisiva. Kukuqala kohambo olude. Kodwa emva kotyelelo lokuqala, ndiziva ndikulungele ngakumbi ukuba ngumkhathaleli olungileyo kum nakumalume.

ULaura Johnson ngumbhali okonwabelayo ukwenza ulwazi kwezempilo ukuba lubandakanyeke kwaye kube lula ukuluqonda. Ukusuka kwizinto ezintsha ze-NICU kunye neeprofayili zesigulana ukuya kuphando lomhlaba kunye neenkonzo zoluntu eziphambili, uLaura ubhale malunga nezihloko ezahlukeneyo zononophelo lwempilo. ULaura uhlala eDallas, eTexas, nonyana wakhe okwishumi elivisayo, inja endala, kunye neentlanzi ezintathu ezisindayo.