How do people actually die from Alzheimer’s Disease?
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There’s 7 stages of dementia and if you survive long enough to get to the last stage you’re basically just a body that can’t support itself. You don’t eat, converse, ambulate and basically just waste away. You can die from a bunch of things like choking, falling, bedsores that get infected, malnutrition along that process. There is NO benefit to placing a feeding tube (PEG/NG) during this process and unfortunately just prolongs the process. Too many families decide to go down this route and it just causes unnecessary additional problems to an already hopeless situation. Comfort should be the primary focus.
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