As a relative of a love one with Alzheimer’s disease, it was difficult for us to understand the entire illness however as time went on and we discovered more about the condition, it wasn’t hard to understand.

It drew back when I was still in school, we could not comprehend why grandmother would constantly forget where she was going. She would get lost and we would constantly fret about grandmother’s location. My grandfather finely provided the cars and truck away, considering that then she wasn’t able to drive any longer.

Grandmother didn’t wish to lose her driver license. For that was her independent. It was sad but we had to do it to keep her safe and we as household felt better understanding that grandmother wouldn’t be out in the streets lost.

Then as time passed, we discovered more aspects of grandma that wasn’t right. I would go to her home as I constantly did and noticed that she was putting newspaper in the oven and turning on the range. One day I went to grandmother’s home and it was smoking.

I believed for minutes that she had burnt something while she was cooking but I got to looking and I found the newspaper in the stove.

I asked grandma what she was connecting to do and she could not keep in mind. I was frightened at that point so I relocated next door to my grandparents. Living next doors, I could be there to enjoy her without her understanding what I was doing. The relocation was a big aid.

I would review there to go to. She didn’t know what I was truly doing. It got harder daily for us to see the illness was taking my granny. We would constantly say she would improve however she never did.

Grandma didn’t like baths. No one desired to provide grandma a bath since she would act out so bad.

So we would then just wash her up and that was better for us. We then had peace when it was bath day.

We would let grandmother go purchasing the home and she would go to the bathroom when we would leave. However she would always end up going in her trousers.

We would have to go back house and change her. She couldn’t determine what was wrong with her. It was tough for her as well due to the fact that at that point she knew something was wrong but didn’t understand what.

It got to the point that grandma would just lie around and sleep. It was too hard for us as family members to take care of grandma any more so we as family required to have a talk and we thought it was best to put grandmothers in a nursing home where she might get all the assistance and care she required all the time.

It was the hardest thing we could have done as relative. We understood we couldn’t do it anymore. Granny was in the nursing home for about 12 years. We as family would see grandmother slowly going into her own little world.

We would go get her and bring her house for the vacations, or just go get her and take her out for ice cream. We were always there for granny. It was hard as loved ones to deal with this health problem. It finally took grannies life about 2 years back.

We as family miss grandmother however she in a better place now, we still remember her, and all the great and bad times we had. It is hard to take care of a liked one with this illness.

It is hard to handle it since we viewed granny go from a strong healthy grandmother to an ill grandmother.

It began back when I was still in school, we could not understand why granny would constantly forget where she was going. As time went by, we observed more things about grandma that wasn’t. One day I went to granny’s home and it was smoking cigarettes.

No one wanted to offer grandma a bath because she would act out so bad. We as family would see grandmother slowly going into her own little world.