I think it's one of the most devastating diseases on the planet. It robs you of the person one memory, one moment, one brain cell at a time. |
Mom wouldn't remember things. She would, say, make cheese sandwiches, only you'd have bread and butter and no cheese. She'd just forget the cheese in cheese sandwiches. |
They were angry because you can't reason with people who can't reason. That's an aspect of Alzheimer's we don't always quite get. |
They would agree to have Sue, a neighbor, come in when we weren't there. Then they would forget they agreed and they didn't want to have outside help. |