My mom got diagnosed with early onset alzheimer’s back in 2009 when she was in her early 40s and she lost her mind a couple months after, but she still lives to this day only it’s not her anymore if that makes sense. I hear lots of people say they lost their loved ones to alzheimer’s and it kills me that my mom can’t get the same fate because (I’m gonna get alot of hate for this) death is far more humane than what she’s going through at the moment.
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Most alzheimer caused deaths are not directly from the disease. However in late stage alzheimer’s people are unable to take care of themselves at all. It is not just their memories and their language but basic motor function and appetite stops working. If they are hurt they are unable to tell anyone or even do anything about it themselves. For example if they get sore when laying a bit too long on their side then they will not be able to even perform the basic function of turning themselves a bit. If their nurses help them turn and then lie them down in a bit of a sore spot for them it can form ulcers which can get infected and finally kill them, it is not like they can even tell their caretakers that they hurt. If this is not enough to kill them then they might even have problems eating properly. Even with intravenous feeding their stomachs do not work properly and they might end up getting fatal stomach ulcers. People with alzheimer’s are far more likely to die from very simple things like infections and ulcers then any healthy person just because they are unable to help the people taking care of them. As for assisted suicide one of the most active areas of discussion is around sufferers of alzheimer’s disease.
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