Battling Alzheimer

Battling Alzheimer’s Disease and its Compatriot Wandering

By nature, I am a pretty even tempered person. Not much gets under my skin. However, my mother’s wandering really got to me. She’d gather her coat and purse, and head for the door. By the time she had taken 10-15 steps, my normally 96/54 blood pressure had skyrocketed to stroke levels and I was s-t r-e-s-s-e-d.

No matter how much I talked, explained, used logic and my persuasion skills, she remained intent on going. Sometimes, she’d slip out of the door, without my knowing, and my toddler would announce to me that grandma was going, “bye, bye.”

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By Riley Hendersen

When the Alzheimer’s Association was formed in April of 1980, many people were still doubting the disease existed. In the years before the Alzheimer’s Association was formed, many people thought the symptoms of the disease where simply a sign of getting older.

The mission of the Alzheimer’s Association is “a world without Alzheimer’s disease,” according to the organization’s website. Individuals and businesses fund the nonprofit organization, that in turn funds research and local programs.

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