Week 15 Post 1

My knowledge about Alzheimer disease increased as I read Chapter 24. Previously to reading this chapter, I already knew that Alzheimer disease that was an illness that slowly affected someone’s memory as well as their personality traits. After reading more about this illness, I feel like Alzheimer disease would be one of the saddest and most difficult illnesses to go through. It wasn’t until I read this chapter that realized Alzheimer disease can sometimes be genetic. The best way to tell when this disease is genetic is when someone gets it before the age of 60 (Berger, p. 679). Unfortunately, if someone gets Alzheimer disease before the age of 60, the disease will quickly reach the phase between three or five years. Fortunately for me, I never knew anyone who had Alzheimer disease. I have however, watched movies that had characters who acted out traits that a real person with this disease would have. I noticed that the people closest to the person with Alzheimer often tried to act normal with them around. I observed that despite losing memory, a person with Alzheimer disease can having periods of remembrance. These times of remembrance are often triggered by something that was either done or said. Sadly, this time is also very short compared to the time how a person with Alzheimer disease usually acts. Yet, when a person with Alzheimer disease remembers something it is one of the most exciting thing for both the people closest to them as well as themselves.