Dr. Oz on Alzheimer's

Bob DeMarco from the “Alzheimer's Reading Room” blog writes about viewing Dr. Oz’s television program, on growing awareness of the disease, and on what Alzheimer's care is like from the “front row.”

A Harris Interactive study showed that 100 million Americans have been touched by Alzheimer's. The same study indicated that 33 million Americans are worried about Alzheimer's. That study is almost a year old. I have to assume the numbers are growing.
Our children and our children's children are now being exposed to Alzheimer's. In my opinion a sad thing. But, a good thing -- awareness is growing.
As more people see Alzheimer's from the front row, understanding of the disease will grow. At some point, people will stop shunning those suffering from Alzheimer's disease. People will start to understand that they need to help Alzheimer's caregivers.
Right now, I believe most people believe that Alzheimer's care giving is like baby sitting. I wish I could say what I think about that right here -- for now I won't.
Recently, one of our readers wrote to me about his brother who is the full time caregiver for his mother. He wrote that his sister was constantly berating the brother for venting. She was putting him down. The care giving brother suggested that his sister take the mother for a month. She readily agreed. Want to guess what happened?
The sister lasted two days. Two days. She sent her mother back to her brother. She is no longer berating her brother. She now has a better understanding of what it is like to live Alzheimer's from the front row.

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