Alzheimer's Disease
You say Alzheimer's disease in my family a shiver goes up your spine, a feeling of horror and trepidation becomes overwhelming. There is nothing we can do about it. We are like millions of families impacted by the tremendous loss that Alzheimer's brings to the United States of America. It is a quite killer, slowly strangling every good sense you have from your mind, taking your most precious memories, feelings and skills away. Over 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's Disease today, in fact "every 67 seconds" someone in our country develops the disease. One in three seniors will die from "Alzheimer's or another dementia.[1] Alzheimer's Disease and other dementia ailments ravage a person's mind, but can also become a bomb that detonates a family and exposes the nerve that unites them. In my family my Grandparents were the glue that kept us all together, Grandma kept us all in check and they each loved us more than we could ever fathom.