How To Write A Research Paper On Alzheimer's

Alzheimer’s affects 5.4 million people in America alone each year. This is what I learned at the discussion panel. I knew of Alzheimer’s, but I was ignorant of its effect on the people who had to live with a deteriorating mind and the strong people who had to become caretakers, though they were never trained or prepared for this undertaking. The other aspect I was ignorant to was the treatment of art therapy offered to patients and the positive effects it has on their attitudes and mental states. When given the tools to create, a person can tell an entire story with only strokes of a pen or brush. Patients with Alzheimer’s may find themselves looking into the mirror, not remembering the face staring back. However, when they stimulate their minds while creating art, they begin to converse much easier than before, and the person thought to be lost deep within is revealed, if only for a moment. Because, day-after-day, they may hear, “No, you can’t do this,” or “No, you can’t do that.” Conversely, when they’re given the opportunity to create, they express their opinions and feelings with free range, without hearing a “No,” but rather a, “Tell me more.” …show more content…
They also provide resources and information on how to step into the patient’s world and make them comfortable in whatever their progression of the disease may be. I heard something that truly made me think about the life a person lives when they have Alzheimer’s robbing them day-by-day: there is diagnosis and death that later comes from the diagnosis, but in between is life, and it’s a long life between those two grim, unwilling brutes. It’s what one does with that life while it’s still there that