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Alzheimer's Disease

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Get a feel for what it must be like to have Alzheimer's disease by comparing yourself and your upcoming life events to what someone with the disease may experience. Print the exercise below and find a match for each of the eight situations.

Teen’s Reality

Alzheimer Reality

Getting a driver’s licence
Finding that special someone (love interest)
Leaving home and setting up your own place
Doing homework or hitting the books at university
Being among friends who understand what you’re going through
Paying your bills
Doing your laundry and making your own meals
Exploring the latest fashion trend

__ Not understanding what you read

__ Unable to pay bills because you no longer understand what numbers mean

__ Forgetting how to get dressed and tie your shoes

__ Not remembering how to use the stove and laundry equipment

__ Not recognizing your husband or wife of 40 years

__ Having your driver's licence taken away because you confuse the gas pedal with the brake

__ Forgetting where you live and getting lost in your neighbourhood

__ Not remembering family members and friends

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Adapted from: Focus – Helping Teens Understand Alzheimer's Disease.
A publication of the Alzheimer Society of Canada (October 2001).