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Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's

Home Care

Caring for a person with Alzheimer's disease at home is a difficult task. Alzheimers symptoms grow worse over time, and there is no way to predict how quickly the disease will progress or exactly how behavior will change. Managing the basic activities of daily living -- eating, talking, sleeping, finding things to do -- can be hard for both the person with Alzheimer's and the caregiver, especially as the disease becomes more severe. Here are some tips that may help you cope.
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Last reviewed: 17 April 2008
First published: 19 March 2002

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