1. “The first two rules of becoming a caregiver; One, it will be difficult. Two, it will be worth it.”
2. “As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”
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3. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
4. “The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.”
5. “There is a fountain of youth, It’s in your mind, your talents, the creativity you brought into your life, and the lives of people you loved”
6. “Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.”
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7. “I intend to live the remainder of the years God gives me on this earth doing the things I have always done.”
8. “People’s genes can say a great deal about their health. There are genes that reveal an increased likelihood of getting heart disease, cancer or Alzheimer’s.”
9. “Caring for an Alzheimer’s patient is a situation that can utterly consume the lives and well-being of the people giving care, just as the disorder consumes its victims.”
10. “It is a strange, sad irony that so often, in the territory of a disease that robs an individual of memory, caregivers are often the forgotten.”
11. “I don’t want to give up living, because I enjoy it so much, and I love working – I don’t expect I’ll ever have to stop. But Alzheimer’s or something like that would render me pretty useless.”
12. “If you learn to listen for clues as to how I feel instead of what I say, you will be able to understand me much better.”
13. “You may share the same memories from your youth with us time and time again, but the sheer joy you show in telling those stories with such a big smile goes beyond making up the loss of new stories.”
14. “The disease might hide the person underneath, but there’s still a person in there who needs your love and attention.”
15. “Though those with Alzheimer’s might forget us, we as a society must remember them.”
16. “I know three people who have got better after a brain tumour. I haven’t heard of anyone who’s got better from Alzheimer’s.”
17. “Alzheimer’s disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.”
18. “As a metabolic problem, the only effective way to treat Alzheimer’s may be a multifaceted approach that fundamentally reprograms energy generation in the brain.”
19. “Knowing exactly which steps to take when dealing with memory problems takes most of the stress and guesswork away.”
20. “My father passed away due to Alzheimer’s disease, and many things I do are nods to him.”
21. “It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer’s you are an old fart. That’s how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone.”
22. “Alzheimer’s is literally killing us, and the only way to fight this ‘crime’ is through a groundswell of people who continue to raise their voices and funds to ensure it gets the attention it deserves.”
23. “Alzheimer’s makes us realize that we are not alone – that kindness and compassion are everywhere and all around us.”
24. “Love is the strongest thing in the world, you know. Nothing can touch it. Nothing comes close. If we love each other, we’re safe from it all. Love is the biggest thing there is.”
25. “Although your loved one may not remember you or might do things that frustrate you, this is the time when he or she needs you the most.”
26. “Not only does AD ultimately cut lives short, it effectively steals who the person ‘is’ long before they die.”
27. “Love is the only memory one never loses, Isaac.” His father had said. “Because even if one loses his mind the memory always remains in the heart.”
28. “Never make [dementia] a secret. There should be no shame. Why feel ashamed of having a complex brain disease? People are afraid to talk about it.”
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29. “I think the best thing I ever did with my life was stand up and say I’ve got Alzheimer’s.”
30. “The thing in Alzheimer’s disease to remember, and we remember this all the time at Axovant, is we don’t fully understand the way the actual underlying disease works.”
31. “Those with dementia are still people and they still have stories and they still have character and they are all individuals and they are all unique. And they just need to be interacted with on a human level.”
32. “While the final chapter of my life with dementia may be trying, nothing has diminished my gratitude and deep appreciation for the countless blessings in my life.”
33. “We believe communicating effectively with someone with Alzheimer’s is not just about using language, it is connecting through their senses such as touch, visual cues, and sound.”
34. “Alzheimer’s is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease.”
35. “Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer’s disease.”
36. “Alzheimer’s creates a kind of friction that the family needs to be strong for. You have to hold onto things and know what is true in life.”
37. “You can’t explain what it’s like to mourn someone who is still alive unless you’ve experienced it firsthand.”
38. “Even slight elevations in blood sugar have been shown to increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.”
39. “Suffering is always hard to quantify – especially when the pain is caused by as cruel a disease as Alzheimer’s. Most illnesses attack the body; Alzheimer’s destroys the mind – and in the process, annihilates the very self.”
40. “I often hear people say that a person suffering from Alzheimer’s is not the person they knew. I wonder to myself – Who are they then?”
41. “Most people believe that it’s impossible to prevent Alzheimer’s disease or reverse its life devastating symptoms. However, there’s a lot in your control.”
42. “Memory loss teaches us not to entrance ourselves in the repetitive.”
43. “Alzheimer’s, while a horrible shroud that keeps out so many joys of life, also blanketed away the aggressive and shrill dimensions of modern life.”
44. “A man does not consist of memory alone. He has feeling, will, sensibility, moral being… It is here… you may touch him and see a profound change.”
45. “Alzheimer’s disease is not a normal part of aging. It is a devastating disorder of the brain’s nerve cells that impairs memory, thinking, and behavior.”
46. “Forgetting past memories doesn’t mean that you were not a part of it. You build those memories and your loved ones know it well.”
47. “You have to be patient with [Alzheimer’s]. Once you understand that it’s a medical condition, you become a little more compassionate. You get less frustrated.”
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48. “It occurred to me that at one point it was like I had two diseases – one was Alzheimer’s, and the other was knowing I had Alzheimer’s.”
49. “At best we will be able to halt the disease. Prevention will be much more important.”
50. “Caring for our seniors is perhaps the greatest responsibility we have. Those who walked before us have given so much and made possible the life we all enjoy.”
51. “You can’t converse with Alzheimer’s sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles.”
52. “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.”
53. “To love a person is to learn the song in their heart and sing it to them when they have forgotten.”
54. “People with Alzheimer’s can’t change the way it makes them act any more than a cancer patient can keep the cancer cells from spreading.”
55. “Our value lies in what we are and what we have been, not in our ability to recite the recent past.”
56. “Alzheimer’s … it is a barren disease, as empty and lifeless as a desert. It is a thief of hearts and souls and memories.”
57. “Affirmations are our mental vitamins, providing the supplementary positive thoughts we need to balance the barrage of negative events and thoughts we experience daily.”
58. “People do not realize that Alzheimer’s is not old age. It is a progressive and fatal disease and staggering amounts of people develop Alzheimer’s every day.”
59. “You get the health benefits of coffee up through about the first twenty-four ounces. It’s the biggest source of antioxidants for Americans, and we think it prevents Alzheimer’s and Parkinsons as well.”
60. “For baby boomers, I feel like the canary in the coal mine while scientists search for a cure. I fear the day when I put my fingers on the keyboard and don’t know how to write anymore.”
61. “Memory is the treasure house of the mind, wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.”
