Alzheimer’s disease is a condition that poses a most peculiar set of challenges that unavoidably runs across the different aspects of human life. Not only is it a daunting challenge to the one who bears it, but it may even be a greater challenge to loved ones and close family members.
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It is important to note that Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative disease. This means that it gets worse over time for the patient. In the same way, it gets incrementally challenging for the family member who takes on the role of caregiver.
To most caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients, the reality is that the job can be overwhelming. Often, the caregiver is forced to make huge mental adjustments to the difficult tasks ahead. This is not to be taken lightly as those afflicted will exhibit changes that may include impaired language, disorientation, mood swings, loss of motivation, and even behavioral issues.
However, there is one attribute that is especially straining to the caregiving kin, and this is dementia. This causes short-term memory loss, and the natural challenge is for the caregiver to manage what may be a lifetime of frustration.
Alzheimer’s afflicted families are mostly in dire need of a support system from other such families as well. Caring for people who suffer from this disease could well find themselves in a selfless vocation that requires all the patience that they could muster, and, perhaps, having the support of like-minded individuals can make the undertaking easier to bear, even just a little.
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Patrick Dwyer, a financial advisor, is a supporter of the Neuroscience Clinics of Florida Foundation Inc. (NSCFF), an institution that is at the forefront of the effort to develop treatments for many neurodegenerative diseases that plague America and the rest of the world. For more information about Alzheimer’s, follow this Twitter account.
