Alzheimer's Gray

To lose someone you love to Alzheimer's feels worse than death to many families. Death is a decisive break, and afterwards the grieving process occupies its own domain. The territory is painful, to the point that many grieving survivors would rather follow their loved ones into the unknown after death. But Alzheimer's is a gray, ambiguous land where your loved one gradually fades away, with many false returns and defeated hopes. Death is considered a mercy compared to the tormented stranger who torments those who suffer through the disease with them.



By Deepak Chopra, M.D., F.A.C.P. and Rudolph Tanzi, Ph.D