Just lost my aunt to Alzheimer's this last week. +1 on the hard to take care of bit. They turn into toddlers, then animals, then nothing. It's heartbreaking.
replyI lost my grandma because of this. She was taken care of by my uncle and my father, and deep in my heart, part of me blames them for not doing their best. At the same time, I know they did way more than I ever could have done. It’s just so hard to take care of someone like that.
replyI don't even know what "best" looks like, tbh. I also have some family not particularly happy (putting it nicely) with how my uncle handled it. I personally think he's a saint; views differ but there's no Right Way, I don't think. Everything is clearer in hindsight, too. It's just a severe, extended period of sadness and loss, I don't know how anyone actually dealing with it can do it for that long aside from intense love for the person. It's one of the most unrewarding things I think you can humanly go through. :/
replyI've lost my aunt and now losing my mother to it. It's a garbage diseases and such a burden on the loved ones, mental, physical and financial.
replyI'm so sorry you went through that.
replyOne other piece of advice I would offer is: find a class at your local hospital or similar. I attended a once-a-week for six weeks thing and it made a huge difference in my perception of dealing with someone suffering from dementia and gave me so much more patience/ grace than I would have had otherwise.
replySometimes the majority of the suffering is had by the people around the dementia patient.
replyNot true!
replyhttps://www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/05/harvard-taxi-drivers...
For some reason, taxi drivers seem to have a dramatically lower risk of it.
The also have an abnormally short lifespan of something like 67 years. I wonder if the two are related?
replysitting is the new smoking.
replyDo you think prolonged sitting might help ward off alzheimer's?
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