I've just come back from the care home where i volunteer weekly and there is one lady with severe alzheimer's disease, Janet. It is difficult to see Janet so distressed, calling out for people who aren't there. When this first happened I expected the care staff to rush and comfort her. Instead they consistently ignore her, one can't even begin to imagine the desperate loneliness felt by this woman. But I don't blame the carers, I simply think they don't know what to do when she has an 'episode', this is unfair for them as well as Janet. Perhaps people working with Alzheimer's patients should have regular training to learn how to care compassionately and appropriately for the individual. I do, however, acknowledge, that there isn't a lot of money in care homes and the money saving is usually held very highly, meaning that care workers are underpaid. They probably wouldn't want to shell out money for what they might seem as supplementary.