Top Alzheimer's Quotes Collection
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You know, people get frustrated because their loved ones who have Alzheimer's, oh, he doesn't recognize me anymore, how can I recognize this person, if they don't recognize me? They're not the same person. Well, they are the same person, but they've got a brain disease. And it's not their fault they've got this disease.Collection: Alzheimer's
Although there have been warnings that it was coming for years, the Alzheimer's epidemic is here now and millions more families will be touched by this progressive - and ultimately fatal - disease unless its course can be altered.Collection: Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease is death before death, and I'm terrified of it.Collection: Alzheimer's
Politicians nowadays treat Americans like medical orderlies treat Alzheimer's patients, telling them anything that will keep them subdued. It doesn't matter what untruths the people are fed because they will not long remember. But in politics, forgotten falsehoods almost guarantee new treachery.Collection: Alzheimer's
Americans whisper the word Alzheimer's because their government whispers the word Alzheimer's. And although a whisper is better than the silence that the Alzheimer's community has been facing for decades, it's still not enough. It needs to be yelled and screamed to the point that it finally gets the attention and the funding that it deserves and needs.Collection: Alzheimer's
The thing about Alzheimer's is that it's... it's sort of like all these little, small deaths along the way, before they actually physically die.Collection: Alzheimer's
Even slight elevations in blood sugar have been shown to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.Collection: Alzheimer's
Today is the best day I could ever have.Collection: Alzheimer's
Postmodernism is Modernism with Alzheimer's.Collection: Alzheimer's
Jewish Alzheimer's is forgetting everything except a grudge.Collection: Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.Collection: Alzheimer's
Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudgesCollection: Alzheimer's
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.Collection: Alzheimer's
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?Collection: Alzheimer's
I am saddened when I hear these words -this is not the person I knew - because those words objectify the person suffering from Alzheimer's. When you objectify a person you also dehumanize them. Once dehumanized the person becomes a villain.Collection: Alzheimer's
The incidence of Alzheimer's disease is growing at a pace like never before, affecting people at a younger and younger age. This is the direct effect of nuclear radiation polluting the air of our planet from the power stations and other nuclear experimentation.Collection: Alzheimer's
If I had been Terry Pratchett the farmer, or Terry Pratchett the dentist, nobody would have paid any attention if I had announced I had Alzheimer's. But there is something fascinating about an author losing the power over words.Collection: Alzheimer's
I regarded finding I had a form of Alzheimer's as an insult, and I decided to do my best to marshal any kind of forces that I could against this wretched disease. I have posterior cortical atrophy or PCA. They say, rather ingenuously, that if you have Alzheimer's it's the best form of Alzheimer's to have.Collection: Alzheimer's
It's the end game that people dread and that's what I'm scared ofCollection: Alzheimer's
The best thing I ever did with my life was stand up and say I've got Alzheimer's.Collection: Alzheimer's
I'd rather die on my feet making a speech than die of Alzheimer's - and that's what I'm planning to do.Collection: Alzheimer's
Before you can kill a demon, you have to be able to say it's name. Names have power. While the word Alzheimer's terrorizes us, it has power over us. When we are prepared to discuss it aloud, we might have power over it. It's thought of as a mental illness and it is a physical illness, affecting the brain. There should be no shame in having it, yet people still don't talk about itCollection: Alzheimer's
It occurred to me that at one point it was like I had two diseases - one was Alzheimers, and the other was knowing I had Alzheimers.Collection: Alzheimer's
Promise me that if I ever get Alzheimer’s or dementia, and I don’t remember anyone that you’ll visit me every day and read to me like Noah read to Allie.Collection: Alzheimer's
People with Alzheimer's deserve to be seen, so that we can find a cure!Collection: Alzheimer's
Never let the brain idle. ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’ And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.Collection: Alzheimer's
Do you know what Irish Alzheimer's is? It's when you forget everything but your grudges.Collection: Alzheimer's
That so many people respond to me is fabulous. It is like having a kind of Alzheimer's disease, where everyone knows you and you don't know anyone.Collection: Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's usually comes later than AIDS, but I decline to call that progress.Collection: Alzheimer's
Most innovations, unfortunately, actually increase the net costs of the healthcare system. There's a few, particularly having to do with chronic diseases, that are an exception. If you could cure Alzheimer's, if you could avoid diabetes - those are gigantic in terms of saving money. But the incentive regime doesn't favor them.Collection: Alzheimer's
It is leashed. Now drop the subject or I’ll tell Sin you’ve seen me naked. (Kat) I will never bring this topic up again. Oh wait. What topic? I have Alzheimer’s. I know nothing at all. (Kish)Collection: Alzheimer's
The great tragedy of Alzheimer's disease, and the reason why we dread it, is that it leaves us with no defence, not even against those who love us.Collection: Alzheimer's