He mea paʻakikī anei ka mālama ʻana i kāu mea aloha me ka maʻi Alzheimer hoʻokahi? E hoʻopau kākou i ka hewa e hele pū me ia.

I ka manawa pinepine, i ka wā e ʻoi aku ka holomua o kekahi me ka maʻi Alzheimer, ʻaʻole hiki i ko lākou ʻohana ke mālama iā lākou. Pono paha lākou e lawe mai i kekahi e kōkua iā lākou ma ka home a hoʻoneʻe paha iā lākou i kahi hale mālama lōʻihi. Inā ʻo ʻoe ke kahu mālama mua no kēia kanaka, hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo hewa no ke noi ʻana i ke kōkua. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kaumaha ʻia e nā manaʻo e like me, "ʻAʻole anei au i mālama pono iā lākou?" a i ʻole "Ke haʻalele nei au iā lākou?" Akā e nānā kākou pehea e lanakila ai i kēia mau manaʻo a hana i ka mea maikaʻi loa no ʻoe a me kāu mea aloha.

E manaʻo mua ʻoe ʻo kēia ka mea maikaʻi loa.

Ua ʻike au ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka hoʻoholo ʻana e ʻimi i ke kōkua mai kekahi. Akā, he nui paha kou mau kumu no ka hana ʻana i kēlā hoʻoholo. E noʻonoʻo i ia mea no kekahi manawa.

I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, ʻaʻole ʻoe he limahana olakino loea. No laila, nele paha ʻoe i ka ʻike a me nā mākau o kahi mea i loaʻa ke aʻo a me ka ʻike ma ia kahua. I ka holomua ʻana o ka maʻi Alzheimer, hiki i kekahi mau maʻi ke hōʻike i ka hana hoʻouka kaua a hele hewa. ʻOi aku ka lako o kahi hale mālama e hoʻoponopono i kēia mau pilikia palekana. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻohe mea weliweli e like me nā alapiʻi a me nā kapuahi kinoea ma nā hale.

ʻO ka mea nui loa, ke haʻalele ʻoe i ke kuleana mālama no kekahi manawa, loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa kūpono e lilo hou i keiki, kāne a wahine paha a hoa paha na kēlā kanaka. He mea hōʻoluʻolu nui ia no ʻolua ke kamaʻilio pū kekahi me ke aloha, me ke kaʻawale mai ke kaomi o ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā.

E ʻoluʻolu e noiʻi pono ma mua o ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kōkua.

E ʻimi i ka ʻike e like me kou hiki e pili ana i nā koho mālama, nā pono hana, a me nā limahana ma kou wahi. Ke hana ʻoe i kahi hoʻoholo naʻauao, e emi nui ana kou makaʻu a me kou hewa, a e ʻoi aku kou mana ma luna o kou mana.

E kala mai iā ʻoe iho a me kāu mea aloha.

He mea maʻamau ka huhū a me ka hoʻonāukiuki i kāu mea mālama i kekahi manawa. Hiki iā ʻoe ke huhū no ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻoholo paʻakikī e pili ana i kā lākou mālama. Hiki i ka maʻi Alzheimer ke hoʻolilo iā lākou e kamaʻilio ʻino iā ʻoe a hōʻeha iā ʻoe. E ho'āʻo e hoʻomaopopo he ma muli ia o ka maʻi, ʻaʻole no kekahi mea i loko o ko lākou manaʻo . Eia kekahi, e kala mai iā ʻoe iho.

Manaʻo paha ʻoe, 'Ua hiki iaʻu ke hana hou aku.' Manaʻo paha ʻoe i ka hewa no nā manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole e hiki mai ana i ka noʻonoʻo, a i ʻole ka hōʻoluʻolu āu e ʻike ai ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kōkua. E hoʻomanaʻo, he kanaka nō hoʻi ʻoe. Hiki mai nā hewa, kū mai nā manaʻo. ʻO kou olakino a me kou hauʻoli he mea nui ia e like me ke kanaka āu e mālama nei.

E hāʻawi iā ʻoe iho i ka manawa e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai i ka loli.

E liʻuliʻu iki ana ka manawa no ʻolua e maʻa ai i kēia ʻano ola hou. He mea maʻamau kēlā. Hiki iā ʻolua ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kēia hoʻololi.

• Inā hele mai kekahi mea hou i ka hale: ʻAʻole paha e hauʻoli kāu mea aloha i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi "malihini" i loko o ka hale i ka wā mua. No laila, e noho pū me lākou no nā lā mua. E ʻae iā lākou e launa pū kekahi me kekahi. E wehewehe i ke kanaka hou pehea ʻoe e hana mau ai i nā mea.
• Inā ʻoe e hele ana i kahi home hānai: E kipa pinepine iā lākou no nā pule mua. E kōkua kēia iā lākou e manaʻo ʻaʻole lākou e like me ka haʻalele ʻia. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻoia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ana lākou i ko lākou wahi hou.
• E kūkulu i kahi pilina me nā kikowaena hou:E ʻike pono i nā limahana ma ke kikowaena mālama. E haʻi iā lākou e pili ana i nā makemake, nā ʻano, a me nā pono o kāu mea aloha. A laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hāʻawi iā lākou i ka lawelawe maikaʻi. Ke kūkulu ʻoe i kahi pilina maikaʻi ma kēia ʻano, e loaʻa nō hoʻi iā ʻoe ka hilinaʻi 'aia kaʻu mea aloha ma kahi maikaʻi, ma nā lima maikaʻi.'

E kiʻi i ke kākoʻo mai nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.

ʻAʻole kēia he kaumaha e amo hoʻokahi ʻia.

E hoʻokomo i nā lālā ʻohana ʻē aʻe i kēia mau hoʻoholo. Eia kekahi, aia nā hui kākoʻo kahi i loaʻa ai i nā mea mālama ʻē aʻe nā ʻike like. Inā ʻoe e hui pū me kekahi, e ʻike ʻoe ʻaʻole ʻoe hoʻokahi. E hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka nui o nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kūpono a me ka ikaika noʻonoʻo mai iā lākou.