How Does Alzheimer's Affect Your Family
Has Alzheimer’s effected your family? If so, you’re not alone. I never knew much about it until a year ago when my grandmother Doris Addair got effected by the horrifying disease. Alzheimer’s is a progressive mental deterioration that can occur in middle or old age, due to generalized degeneration of the brain. It effects 5.3 million Americans today and has no treatment. This makes the disease the 6th most leading cause of death in the elderly, two thirds of them being women. Alzheimer’s doesn’t only effect the memory, but the physical and mental functions of one’s life as well. Brain changes that occur in Alzheimer's disease can affect the way you act and how you feel. People with Alzheimer's may experience Depression, Apathy, Social
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Yes, the family to is effected by Alzheimer’s just as much as a family is effected by someone getting cancer. The Family experiences grief, loss, guilt, and anger. Grief that their loved one is fading & going through this. Loss, that the mental memories are gone. Guilt, as if they could have fixed it. They feel as though they could have done something much sooner and this wouldn’t be happening. Lastly, anger, the loved ones get angry and mad at themselves for no reason. They feel like they did wrong or they caused all of this. When really, no one is to blame. Alzheimer’s doesn’t discriminate. Normal day to today people just like you and I aren’t the only ones effected by this. Famous people, our past presidents, and government also contain people who have been effected by Alzheimer’s …show more content…
Just six years after the end of his second term presidency, he announced to the American public that he was “one of the millions of Americans who will be afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease.” Some say he had signs of it during his presidency and his son says it wasn’t noticeable but he did have Alzheimer’s while in office. Another one was, William Asher, one of the most prolific early television directors, known especially for his work on "I Love Lucy" and "Bewitched," dies from complications of Alzheimer's disease at age 90 in Palm Desert, California. Asher directed more than 100 episodes of "I Love Lucy" and also produced "Bewitched" during its entire eight-year
Yes, the family to is effected by Alzheimer’s just as much as a family is effected by someone getting cancer. The Family experiences grief, loss, guilt, and anger. Grief that their loved one is fading & going through this. Loss, that the mental memories are gone. Guilt, as if they could have fixed it. They feel as though they could have done something much sooner and this wouldn’t be happening. Lastly, anger, the loved ones get angry and mad at themselves for no reason. They feel like they did wrong or they caused all of this. When really, no one is to blame. Alzheimer’s doesn’t discriminate. Normal day to today people just like you and I aren’t the only ones effected by this. Famous people, our past presidents, and government also contain people who have been effected by Alzheimer’s …show more content…
Just six years after the end of his second term presidency, he announced to the American public that he was “one of the millions of Americans who will be afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease.” Some say he had signs of it during his presidency and his son says it wasn’t noticeable but he did have Alzheimer’s while in office. Another one was, William Asher, one of the most prolific early television directors, known especially for his work on "I Love Lucy" and "Bewitched," dies from complications of Alzheimer's disease at age 90 in Palm Desert, California. Asher directed more than 100 episodes of "I Love Lucy" and also produced "Bewitched" during its entire eight-year