Try: Paranoia is a type of delusion in which a person may believe, without a good reason, that others are mean lying unfair or out to get him or her he or she may become suspicious fearful or jealous of people in a person with alzheimer’s disease ad paranoia often is linked to memory loss it can become worse as memory loss gets worse for example the person may become paranoid if he or she forgets where he or she put something the person may believe that someone is taking his or her things that you are the person person’s caregiver someone with ad might not trust you if he or she thinks you are a stranger people to whom he or she has been introduced the person may believe that strangers will be harmful directions you just gave the person may think you are trying to trick him or her paranoia may be the person person’s way of expressing loss the person may blame or accuse others because no other explanation seems to make sense information references "caring for a person with alzheimer’s disease your easy-to-use guide from the national institute on aging" by national institute on aging 2011 available at www nia nih gov

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Categories: Sage, Topic, Behavior Challenging, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

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Keywords: Paranoid someone’s out to get me forgets forgetfulness memory loss cognitive impairment anxiety odd behavior

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