| There are many people in the world who suffer from | | | | obviously not under his control. In many stages, even |
| disabilities so severe that one can't imagine living life in | | | | the professionals are not able to do so, since they are |
| the manner as they do. One of such extreme | | | | also human, and the same leads to drastic |
| conditions is Alzheimer's, a progressive disease that | | | | consequences. |
| affects each and every aspect of one's daily | | | | This disease is still controllable in the initial stages, but |
| existence. Not only does it harm the one who is | | | | as time passes by, the condition of the patient keeps |
| actually suffering from it, even his/her near and dear | | | | on getting worse, and while one can keep the patient |
| ones have a traumatic experience as the disease | | | | at home when the problem starts, as it gets into more |
| enters into higher stages. | | | | advanced stages, professional help becomes more of |
| Be it emotionally or in the form of helping a patient take | | | | a necessity than a provision. The person having this |
| care of himself, relatives and friends of one suffering | | | | disability might also have to be admitted in the hospital. |
| from this disability find it extremely hard to handle the | | | | The major help one can give to the patient is to |
| situation, which is why they take help of professionals | | | | reduce his/her stress, and not make issues out of |
| to give proper care to the patient. Needless to say, it is | | | | things that one knows are out of control of the patient |
| very hard on the part of the near and dear ones to | | | | due to the disability. For instance, one might not like the |
| see the patient in such a condition. Particularly in the | | | | foods he/she did earlier, might not go out, while they |
| later stages of the disease, the patient tends to forget | | | | were earlier an extrovert. These things need to be |
| very basic things, and it takes a lot of effort from | | | | taken care of while providing special care to the |
| trained staff as well to ensure that the patient does | | | | patient. |
| not harm himself or his family by actions that are | | | | |