Coping up with a Parent with Alzheimer's Disease

Coping with a Parent with Alzheimer’s Disease Aging concerns a lot of changes, physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral. Often, the emotional and behavioral changes are referred to as elders’ second childhood, and being forgetful is just a normal part of the aging process. Without you knowing it, these changes could be the earlier signs of mental disease that should have been detected at an early stage. What would you do if your parent is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease? Would you send him to a nursing home or provide him with care in the comfort of your house? Whatever arrangement you decide for your loved one, he surely needs all the love, care, and understanding he can get, and you can only provide the necessary attention if you understand what the disease is all about and what changes might occur. What is Alzheimer’s Disease? Alzheimer’s disease in layman’s terms is a slowly progressive disease of the brain usually characterized by a decline in memory, comprehension, langu