Tambaya: Uba na da Alzheimer's. Shin, ya dace ya kwanta da shi idan ya kwantar da shi?
Amsa: Mutane da yawa masu kulawa sunyi mamaki ko yana da kyau suyi karya ga wani tare da Alzheimer lokacin da suka ga cewa ƙoƙari don tabbatar da dangi na gaskiya ba ya aiki.
Shekaru da yawa da suka wuce, an yi tunanin cewa za a yi amfani da daidaitattun gaskiyar lokacin da mutanen Alzheimer suka rikita .
A wasu kalmomi, idan mutumin ya yi tunanin iyayenta yana da rai, an bada shawarar cewa za a gaya masa gaskiyar cewa iyayenta sun mutu - domin ya dawo da ita.
A bayyane yake, wannan tsarin ba ya aiki, domin kawai yana kara wa mutum ƙari. Alzheimer yana rinjayar kwakwalwa ta hanyar yin ƙoƙari don yin tunani ko amfani da hankali tare da mutumin baya aiki.
Abin takaici, ba'a daina bada shawarwarin gaskiya. Maimakon haka, an bada shawarar cewa mu inganta halin mutum. Alal misali, idan mahaifinka ya damu kuma yana so ya ga mahaifiyarsa (wanda ba shi da rai), zai iya rasa mahaifiyarsa ko kuma yana tunanin wani abu daga baya da yake so ya warware. Ka yi kokarin gwada tunaninsa ta hanyar cewa, "Yana da kamar kuna tunanin mahaifiyarku. Ku gaya mini game da ita." Sau da yawa, mutumin zai fara tunatarwa kuma ya manta da yasa ya damu. Ta hanyar girmama abin da yake ji, ba ku yarda ba kuma ba ku yarda da ra'ayin cewa mahaifiyarsa yana da rai ba.
Bugu da ƙari ga tabbatarwa, madaidaicin hanya mai amfani ne ga waɗannan yanayi. Maimaitawa ya haɗu da karkatar da hankalin ka ƙaunata ga wani abu mai ban sha'awa. A cikin misali na sama, zaka iya sake tura mahaifinka zuwa wani aikin da ka san yana jin daɗi, kamar sauraren kiɗa ko yin wasa mai sauki wanda ba shi da damuwa.
Ko da yake kwance ba a bada shawara a matsayin tsarin yau da kullum ba, wani lokacin da aka yi amfani da shi da kuma juyawa ba sa aiki. Idan mahaifinka ya nacewa ganin mahaifiyarsa, kuma kuna ganin cewa yana jin daɗi lokacin da kuka gaya masa cewa ta tafi gidan shagon, wannan abu ne mai kyau. Babu buƙatar jin kunya game da gaya wa "fannin ilmin likita" idan ya ji karin zaman lafiya tare da fib fiye da gaskiyar.
Wasu mawallafa - irin su Naomi Feil, wanda ya jagoranci aikin tabbatarwa - jin cewa yana da wuya a gaya wa magungunan warkewa saboda ta ji cewa a wani mataki, mutumin da yake tare da Alzheimer ya san gaskiya; sabili da haka, kwance zai iya barazana ga dangantaka tsakanin mai kulawa da mutum tare da cutar. Duk da haka, wasu sun nuna cewa wannan hadarin zai faru ne kawai lokacin da fib shine ainihin ƙarya.
Alal misali, idan mai ƙaunatacciyar ya nace cewa akwai wani baƙo a gidan wanka, kuma ka gaya mata, "Haka ne, wannan shi ne dan wasan da kake so, Wayne Newton, kuma ya zo ya raira waƙa gare ka!" akwai kyakkyawan damar cewa ƙaunatacciyarka zai kasance da shakka game da ƙimar ka kuma watakila ma ya zama amana ga kai. Wannan ya bambanta da filaye mai kama da, kamar "Na duba gidan wanka kawai kuma dole ne ya bar, domin babu wanda a can yanzu."
Lallai ita ce idan karyar karya shine kadai hanya ta sa ƙaunatacciyar jin dadi a cikin wani yanayi, kuma bazai cutar da kowa ba, to, kana taimaka wa ƙaunatacciyar shiga ta duniya maimakon ka tilasta gaskiya a kan shi. Ka tuna cewa wannan tsarin zai iya aiki na dan lokaci kawai; kamar dukkan hanyoyin da za a magance matsalolin kalubalantar , ya kamata a kula da shi kuma ya dace yayin da ba a yi aiki ba. Har ila yau, tuna da kokarin gwadawa da maimaitawa farko - waɗannan hanyoyi sukan saba da abin zamba.
Sources:
Bell, V., & Troxel, D. (1997). Abokai mafi kyau suna kusanci kulawa da Alzheimer . Baltimore: Harkokin Kiwon Lafiyar Lafiya.
Feil, N. (2002). Ƙwarewar tabbatarwa: Ƙananan hanyoyin don sadarwa tare da mutane tare da "launi na Alzheimer's" (2nd ed.). Baltimore: Harkokin Kiwon Lafiyar Lafiya.
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