My Experience of Alzheimer's Disease Reviews

I know that this is the season to be jolly but it isn't always an option for everyone so I am going to bite the bullet and write what is possibly the most difficult review that I have ever written. I do not intend to go into any medical details here about what Alzheimer's is and how is develops - suffice it to say that it is a ...

I remember the last time my grandmother really spoke to me. I was 8 years old and about to board the train home to London from Manchester. " I love you and I really miss you, you know?" she said with tears in her eyes, holding my face in her hands. I was too young to understand what provoked this sudden sentimentality. However, when I ...

As we get older there are many disabling diseases which affect us, some affect our bodies and others our minds. Some can kill us instantly while others attack us slowly and progressively. This is about one of the later which unfortunately is one of the diseases which is very rarely talked about in everyday society but one which affects ...

My old Auntie is now in a nursing home and she has Alzheimer?s. It is so sad. She is 89 years old. It all started about a year ago (well she knew her memory was going before that) but she realized she would have to go into a home eventually as she was forgetting how to do everyday things like using the electric kettle and make a meal. ...

Firstly let me tell you what I do. I'm a Mental Health Worker, I work for the Community Mental Health Team for the Elderly. Mental Health? I hear you say, isn't that for mad people, schizophrenics, etc.? Actually no. Dementia is a neurological condition affecting the physical and mental well being of a person, hence, its the Mental Health ...

I grew up with an understanding of dementia as my maternal Grandmother had succumbed to it at a relatively young age. Mercifully, she had other health problems and passed away before she became totally non- compus mentis.She died the week my 'O' levels started and it was all very sad. We then got on with our lives, as you do, and the ...

I was talking about my aunt with my parents a little while ago, and mentioned her dodgy memory. “She wasn’t always like that you know”, was the response that came back at me. This is strange, because for as long as I can remember, my aunt has been forgetting. She would consistently turn up to birthdays a day late, but she would ...