Alzheimer's Patient and Parrot Sing and Discuss Breakfast

Dotty is 95 years old and suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Harvey is a repeat parrot and right now is Dotty's best friend. Harvey is also one of the 15 million Alzheimer's caregivers. Dotty spends about two hours a day with Harvey. Harvey is very good at getting information out of Dotty. For example, she might tell him she has a "splitting headache". Most Alzheimer's patients are not very good at communicating this kind of information. Enjoy the short video. Your comments and observations are always welcome here.

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  Original content Bob DeMarco, the Alzheimer's Reading Room

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