Remembering Maa Lucy & How Her Battle With Alzheimer's Dementia Started - From Episode 19

My late grandfather died of a broken heart, but he also had mild symptoms of Alzheimer’s dementia. That was my first encounter with this disease and I remember as a kid, struggling to understand why a grown man will forget things so easily or walk out of the house without knowing where he was headed, and getting lost. I remember most people calling it “Old age” and we were made to understand that it was a right of passage for every old person, and that made me even more scared to get old.
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Our community has normalized the ideology of defining people’s lives by the disease they are battling - in this case, Alzheimer’s Dementia. We tend to easily forget that these were humans - family, friends, etc - behind the disease. So this week, we discuss Alzheimer’s Dementia from a caretaker's perspective. We will be having Vivian Ngang (aka Aunty Vivian) discuss her experience while taking care of her lovely mother (Mama Lucy) who battled this disease until her demise.
This episode is heavy, emotional, and educational, and sheds more light on how we can help our senior relatives encountering this disease. Hope you learn and pick some key points from this episode - remember to share within your circle.
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Great episode!