Can Alzheimer's disease leave you
feeling depressed? the answer is yes according to mental health
officials in Holland. There are over 5 million people in the United
States who suffer from this horrible brain robbing illness and the
numbers are increasing rapidly, according to the Center of Disease
Control (CDC) the numbers of people suffering will double in a
decade. What is not often discussed is that there are many seniors
living depressed with Alzheimer's but are not getting the help that
they need.
Suffering in silence?
Due to the nature of the illness it is
quite possible for a person with the illness to not have their
emotional needs met, for a dementia sufferer it can be very
depressing to lose the independence that they once had and this can
lead to deep depression. Often we accept depression in dementia sufferers
as a normal part of this debilitating condition and this can cause people to be left untreated. We cannot simply accept sadness and
depression as a normal development from the illness, if the depression
is not addressed it can lead to an increased loss of mental capabilities.
Living in depression is not really living.
Can anti depressants help?
It is rare for a depressed Alzheimer's patient to be prescribed anti
depressants, usually they are relegated to “Live” with the
depression. How often do we ask a person with Alzheimer's disease if
they are depressed?
Are you being heard?
It is a sad and unfortunate fact that
in the West many seniors needs are frequently not heard, when it
comes to their feelings we do not really “listen” to how they
say they are feeling, in many cases the adult children become the
parent to their parents but are these adult children really listening? Are we really
listen to the needs of the Alzheimer's sufferer? Are they depressed
and do they need help? The loss of independence is the worst part of
the illness, and this can be the root cause of the depression. Mal Alzheimer believes that there is more in your loved one than meets the eye...Why
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