World Alzheimer's Day 2024
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In most people with the disease — those with the late-onset type symptoms first appear in their mid-60s. Early-onset Alzheimer’s occurs between a person’s 30s and mid-60s and is quite rare. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia among older adults.
It robs a person of their reality. They no longer know who or where they are. They fail to recognize those once dearest to their hearts.
My dear grandmother Ida Whetstone Williamson suffered in a vegetative state with Alzheimer's for eleven years before passing an invalid incapable of interacting or knowing much of anything.
Glen Campbell was another victim as well.
Former President Ronald Regan announced one day that he had it and suffered an extended descent into darkness Mrs Nancy Regan called "the long goodbye".
Indeed, Alzheimer's dementia is a sad notion to ponder in the life of anyone. It does not know fairness or family boundaries.
Today is World Alzheimer’s Day.
It is celebrated on September 21 annually. While advanced age is the most common denominator, it is not purely a disease of the aged. All too many see the disease as a "normal" part of the aging process. I, for one, do not. I have been intervening in the prevention of that disease in me and mine for a number of years now.
This scourge can and will eventually be beat.
See Also:
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The first euthanasia provided by Jack Kevorkian
Ronald Reagan
Alois Alzheimer
Glen Campbell RIP