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Teen's Reality / Alzheimer Reality

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
  1. Getting a driver’s licence
  2. Finding that special someone (love interest)
  3. Leaving home and setting up your own place
  4. Doing homework or hitting the books at university
  5. Being among friends who understand what you’re going through
  6. Paying your bills
  7. Doing your laundry and making your own meals
  8. 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).