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Originally Posted by wodin
I'd rather be an Alzheimers patient than an Alzheimers patient's caregiver. After all Alzheimers patients are generally happy because they don't know any better. Their caregivers have to go through hell every day right up until the end.
God bless them!
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Yes! Most of them are happy... They go through 'stages' - angry, crying, singing etc... Their families are the ones who suffer.. They're devastated, when their family member can't remember them. The nurses spend a lot of time reassuring the family, that their 'loved one' is actually happy...