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Humor and the Alzheimer's patient: The psychological basis

Southcentral Counseling Center, Anchorage, Alaska.

Persons suffering from Alzheimer's disease still have some capacity to appreciate and respond to humor. This article shows that humor can have positive behavioral conditioning effects as a by-product, and that an understanding of normal cognitive development across the life span is usefil in selecting humor that will be effective with impaired clients. The author observed various uses of humor by the staff of an adult day care center, and offers suggestions for caregivers based on these observations.

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias®, Vol. 4, No. 4, 18-21 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/153331758900400405


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