This article is so sad! My husband has dementia and is so close to Alzheimer's (my Father died with Alzheimer's). The author is correct, only time will tell how many of the neighbors will get this ugly/awful disease, seeing your loved one change right in front of you on a daily basis and not knowing when the morning will come when they do not recognize you and go into the dark abyss! These dear ones are not dangerous they are quite, in most cases. My husband lights up when either an animal or child comes into his view, and when a person comes into his room, he extends his hand and says "Oh, I remember you" when 9 times out of ten this is a new person to his world. TV is so important, my husband laughs and enjoys, still reads the paper but talks less about the current events.
Another reason it is so important to have the "home" in a nice area is for WE THE FAMILY! The sadness that we experience, we need to have beauty and a nice setting so we can feel that the whole world has not gone "dark". If you have not been in this situation with a friend or family member, you probably will have this awful cruel disease come into your world, I don't wish it on anyone!!!! So I would encourage each of us to advocate for both the dementia/Alzheimer's disease, the victims and the family/friends who deal with this aloneness, knowing that there is NOTHING that can be done, except to make the person as comfortable as possible....PLEASE PLEASE HELP, don't turn us away but be there to help/support!!!!
Respectfully, Princeline, Phx
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This article is so sad! My husband has dementia and is so close to Alzheimer's (my Father died with Alzheimer's). The author is correct, only time will tell how many of the neighbors will get this ugly/awful disease, seeing your loved one change right in front of you on a daily basis and not knowing when the morning will come when they do not recognize you and go into the dark abyss! These dear ones are not dangerous they are quite, in most cases. My husband lights up when either an animal or child comes into his view, and when a person comes into his room, he extends his hand and says "Oh, I remember you" when 9 times out of ten this is a new person to his world. TV is so important, my husband laughs and enjoys, still reads the paper but talks less about the current events.
January 11, 2011 - 9:43amAnother reason it is so important to have the "home" in a nice area is for WE THE FAMILY! The sadness that we experience, we need to have beauty and a nice setting so we can feel that the whole world has not gone "dark". If you have not been in this situation with a friend or family member, you probably will have this awful cruel disease come into your world, I don't wish it on anyone!!!! So I would encourage each of us to advocate for both the dementia/Alzheimer's disease, the victims and the family/friends who deal with this aloneness, knowing that there is NOTHING that can be done, except to make the person as comfortable as possible....PLEASE PLEASE HELP, don't turn us away but be there to help/support!!!!
Respectfully, Princeline, Phx
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