#alzheimer

Caring for an Alzheimer's patient is a situation that can utterly consume the lives and well-being of the people giving care, just as the disorder consumes its victims. ↗

— Leeza Gibbons

#care #caring #consume #consumes #disorder

I'm in awe of people out there who deal with Alzheimer's, because they have to deal with death 10 times over, year after year. ↗

— Marcia Wallace

#alzheimer #awe #because #deal #death

I am committed to helping Alzheimer's Society in any way I can. My family and I rely on the help of organisations like Alzheimer's Society to help us understand the disease and guide us in the care of my grandmother. It's been a privilege to meet so many people with dementia. ↗

— Carey Mulligan

#am #any #been #care #committed

In a prime-time address, President Bush said he backed limited federal funding for stem cell research. That's right, the President said, this is a quote, the research could help cure brain diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and whatever it is I have. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#alzheimer #backed #brain #bush #cell

It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer's you are an old fart. That's how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#alone #alzheimer #brave #cancer #disease

Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease. ↗

— Pat Summitt

#challenges #combination #competition #disease #endure

Being on a sitcom stops me from getting Alzheimer's. ↗

— Jerry Stiller

#being #getting #me #sitcom #stops

Charlton Heston announced again today that he is suffering from Alzheimer's. ↗

— Liz Smith

#alzheimer #announced #charlton #heston #suffering

She is leaving him, not all at once, which would be painful enough, but in a wrenching succession of separations. One moment she is here, and then she is gone again, and each journey takes her a little farther from his reach. He cannot follow her, and he wonders where she goes when she leaves. ↗

— Debra Dean

#alzheimer-s #age

This is the true wine of astonishment: "We are not over when we think we are. ↗

— Alice Walker

#alzheimer-s #age