Caring for an Alzheimer’s patient
By Lorehta Doreen “ Alzheimer’s is the cleverest thief. It not only steals from you, it steals the very thing that you need to remember what has been stolen ,” said Jarod Kintz, author of This Book Has No Title . It started off as something simple; difficulty in remembering words, and having trouble in recalling incidents. She showed minor signs that one would disregard as a “free package” that comes with old age. Only when she started having trouble in remembering things about her own self and forgetting names did we realize that there was something unusual in her behavior. In 2013, at the age of 94, my grandmother was diagnosed with Stage 4 Alzheimer’s disease. As caregivers, we were educated about the disease and on how to care for the patient. However, the seriousness of Alzheimer’s did not strike us right away. We constantly found humor in everything that she did and said. For example, days when she decides that she wan...