Learning to live with Alzheimer's patients
Over the summer, I worked at Our Home K-Care in an assisted living facility and Alzheimer's-Dementia Unit. Over those few months, I was intimately introduced to Alzheimer's. Although it was emotionally challenging at times, getting to know residents with this affliction turned out to be an enlightening experience. In order to completely understand this disease and to properly relate to the residents, I first had to gather some background information on what exactly Alzheimer's was.