My grandmother had Alzheimer's before she died. Not nice. By the end she was a shadow of her former self.
My Uncle died of vascular dementia...distressing for the family. There are various forms of dementia which have different etiologies. Some patients can have a reasonable standard of life with the right support. It is becoming more common because 1) more people are living longer 2) baby boomers are approaching the most at risk age and 3) people are surviving who would have died of other diseases first (pneumonia used to be called the old man's friend). The good thing is that there will be more research now that it affects more people (directly and indirectly) and it is in the financial interests of the NHS to reduce hospitalisations.
Alzheimer's is Horrible . That is the one where the sufferer can turn " Nasty " ? I choose the word carefully .
Not all Alzheimer patients become aggressive, but the sad thing is that often it is the result of fear. How awful it must be to have 'strangers' come into your room, pull you about and talk nonsense...because that must be what it seems like to the patient.
Why can't some people simply accept they are losing hair ! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/31830164
OK, we get the message; you clearly hate him (apparently because he lives in Chipping Norton, amongst other horrific crimes). Vin
Honestly? I think he was saying huh-huh. If you listen to "Another one bites the dust" backwards, you hear nothing intelligible. If you're told that backwards it says "It's fun to smoke marijuana", you hear it very clearly and can never, ever, not hear it, no matter how hard you try. Once someone said Clarkson said "******", everyone could hear it and, as above, will never be able not to hear it. Just the same. In my opinion. Vin
eeny meeny miney mo , catch a tory by the toe ................ I would say balls , but they don't have any .........
Desperately sad about Terry Pratchett, a fine author, and tremendous campaigner. Also, sad to hear that Richard Glatzer, the co-director of the recent film 'Still Alice', centring around Julianne Moore's character's coping with Alzheimer's, has died. He was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31858156 The article on the BBC site re Terry Pratchett's death. He kept going till the end and maintained his humour...read till the end where there is the announcement of his death on twitter. very Terry Pratchett.
I met him at a writers' conference and have just rediscovered the book he signed for me....thought I had mislaid it.
Very sad about Terry Pratchett. A true literary legend who managed to make the fantasy genre hilarious. RIP And I believe, with all the research he had done into Alzheimer's, he knew enough to regard this early death as a blessed release.
