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“No matter who you are, what you've accomplished, what your financial situation is - when you're dealing with a parent with Alzheimer's, you yourself feel helpless. The parent can't work, can't live alone, and is totally dependent, like a toddler. As the disease unfolds, you don't know what to expect.”

Knows Feels Matter Parent Situation Disease Who You Are Financial Accomplished Dependent Helpless Alzheimer Toddler Alzheimer's

Author:Maria Shriver

“In addition to relieving patient suffering, research is needed to help reduce the enormous economic and social burdens posed by chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, cancer, heart disease, and stroke.”

“Somehow, knowing that Alzheimer's is coming mocks all one's aspirations - to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do, to be recognised for one's accomplishments and hard work - in a way that old familiar death does not.”

Thinking Way Doe Hard Stories Certain Can Do Novel Knowing Issues Hard Work Familiar Accomplishment Aspiration Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Author:Jane Smiley

“The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise. Our bodies have evolved to move, yet we now use the energy in oil instead of muscles to do our work.”

“Alzheimer's disease is never an 'accident' in a marriage. It falls under the purview of God's sovereignty. In the case of someone with Alzheimer's, this means God's unconditional and sacrificial love has an opportunity to be even more gloriously displayed in a life together.”

Love Mean Age Together Fall Opportunity Cases Disease Accidents Sovereignty Unconditional Alzheimer Alzheimer's Life Together Sacrificial Love Sovereignty Means

Author:Joni Eareckson Tada

“I think I'm getting a little bit of Alzheimer's. Just a little.”

Thinking Littles Bits Little Bit Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Author:Christopher Walken

“I'm in awe of people out there who deal with Alzheimer's, because they have to deal with death 10 times over, year after year.”

People Years Fear Deals Awe Alzheimer Alzheimer's Dealing With Death

Author:Marcia Wallace

“Dementia is often regarded as an embarrassing condition that should be hushed up and not spoken about. But I feel passionately that more needs to be done to raise awareness, which is why I became an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society.”

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Author:Kevin Whately

“I believe that if your brain has to get to grips with complicated words, then you won't get Alzheimer's. I'm sure it's not true, but I do believe it.”

Ifs Believe I Believe Brain Complicated Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Author:Jo Brand

“It is my belief that people who speak of high school with a sugary fondness are bluffing away early-onset Alzheimer's.”

People School Belief Speak High School Alzheimer Fondness Alzheimer's

Book:I Was Told There'd Be Cake

Source: I Was Told There'd Be Cake

“Never let the brain idle. ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’ And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.”

Mind Names Brain Devil Idle Workshops Alzheimer Alzheimer's Staying Young

Author:George Carlin

“It is leashed. Now drop the subject or I’ll tell Sin you’ve seen me naked. (Kat) I will never bring this topic up again. Oh wait. What topic? I have Alzheimer’s. I know nothing at all. (Kish)”

Knows Waiting Sin Subjects Naked Topics Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Book:Devil May Cry: A Dark-Hunter Novel

Source: Devil May Cry: A Dark-Hunter Novel

“Not all activities are equal in this regard. Those that involve genuine concentration—studying a musical instrument, playing board games, reading, and dancing—are associated with a lower risk for dementia. Dancing, which requires learning new moves, is both physically and mentally challenging and requires much concentration. Less intense activities, such as bowling, babysitting, and golfing, are not associated with a reduced incidence of Alzheimer’s. (254)”

Source: The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

“Love is blind, there was no doubt about it. In Tara's case it was also deaf, dumb, dyslexic, had a bad hip and the beginnings of Alzheimer's”

Love Is Cases Doubt Blind Hips Dumb No Doubt Deaf Alzheimer Alzheimer's Love Is Blind Dyslexic

Book:Last Chance Saloon

Source: Last Chance Saloon

“I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories.”

People Ifs Thinking Would Be Lost Memories Interesting Comedy Disease Genuine Old People Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Book:Napalm & Silly Putty

Source: Napalm & Silly Putty

“Promise me that if I ever get Alzheimer’s or dementia, and I don’t remember anyone that you’ll visit me every day and read to me like Noah read to Allie.”

Ifs Remember Promise Dementia Alzheimer Alzheimer's Promise Me

Author:J.A. Redmerski

“I must admit I am nervous about getting Alzheimer's. Once it hits, I might tell my best joke and never know it.”

Knows Might Jokes Aging Nervous Comedian Memorable Alzheimer Alzheimer's Laugh Out Loud Hillarious

Author:Joan Rivers

“Even slight elevations in blood sugar have been shown to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.”

Has Beens Risk Blood Disease Increase Sugar Elevation Alzheimer Alzheimer's Blood Sugar

Author:David Perlmutter

“I want to tell you how much I miss my mother. Bits of her are still there. I miss her most when I'm sitting across from her.”

Want Stills Mother Bits Missing Sitting Alzheimer

Author:Candy Crowley

“I do mean this - I had the good fortune of being around a number of Alzheimer's patients in the last three years of my mother's life. She was in a care facility that was devoted to just people with memory-loss issues. I found those people engaging and generous in ways that I had not imagined.”

People Way Years Mean Care Lasts Mother Three Found Memories Loss Numbers Issues Fortune Patient Generous Three Years Devoted Engaging Good Fortune Facility Alzheimer Alzheimer's Memory Loss

Author:James Rebhorn

“I have a particular passion and focus on Alzheimer's and diseases of dementia. There's just so much scientifically that we don't know, and we can know.”

Knows Passion Focus Particular Disease Dementia Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Author:Miles D. White

“I am committed to helping Alzheimer's Society in any way I can. My family and I rely on the help of organisations like Alzheimer's Society to help us understand the disease and guide us in the care of my grandmother. It's been a privilege to meet so many people with dementia.”

People Way I Can Helping Care Disease My Family Privilege Committed Guides Rely Grandmother My Grandmother Organisation Dementia Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Author:Carey Mulligan

“Being on a sitcom stops me from getting Alzheimer's.”

Sitcom Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Author:Jerry Stiller

“If God gave Dad Alzheimer’s, He’s got to understand when Dad forgets what church he belongs to.”

Ifs Church Forget Dad Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Book:Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

Source: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

“I said, 'The nice thing about Alzheimer's is you get to hide your own Easter eggs.'”

Said Nice Eggs Easter Nice Things Alzheimer Alzheimer's Easter Egg

Author:John McCain

“Amnesiac was written to make fun of senior citizens with alzheimers. I hate them and I wish they'd die.”

Hate Dies Fun Wish Written Citizens I Hate Senior Alzheimer Senior Citizen

Author:Thom Yorke

“New drugs and surgical techniques offer promise in the fight against cancer, Alzheimer's, tuberculosis, AIDS, and a host of other life-threatening diseases. Animal research has been, and continues to be, fundamental to advancements in medicine.”

“Dedicated researchers seek better treatments and cures for diabetes, kidney disease, Alzheimer's and every form of cancer. But these scientists face an array of disincentives. We can do better.”

Faces Form Can Do Disease Scientist Cancer Cures Treatment Dedicated Researchers Diabetes Alzheimer Kidneys Alzheimer's Kidney Disease

Author:Michael Milken

“The simplest way to look at all these associations, between obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancer, and Alzheimer's (not to mention the other the conditions that also associate with obesity and diabetes, such as gout, asthma, and fatty liver disease), is that what makes us fat - the quality and quantity of carbohydrates we consume - also makes us sick.”

“Alzheimer's ... it is a barren disease, as empty and lifeless as a desert. It is a thief of hearts and souls and memories.”

Heart Soul Memories Disease Empty Desert Thieves Heart And Soul Barren Alzheimer Lifeless Alzheimer's

Author:Nicholas Sparks

“I regard music therapy as a tool of great power in many neurological disorders -- Parkinson's and Alzheimer's -- because of its unique capacity to organize or reorganize cerebral function when it has been damaged.”

Has Beens Unique Capacity Tools Function Regard Therapy Disorder Organize Great Power Alzheimer Cerebral Alzheimer's Parkinson Parkinson's Music Therapy Neurological Disorders

Author:Oliver Sacks

“My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because that person is aware that they're losing awareness. And I think that that's why my father started growing more and more quiet.”

Thinking Persons Father Growing Stage Awareness Quiet Losing Hardest Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Author:Patti Davis

“Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, brain and spinal cord disorders, diabetes, cancer, at least 58 diseases could potentially be cured through stem cell research, diseases that touch every family in America and in the world.”

“God doesn’t take things away to be cruel. He takes things away to make room for other things. He takes things away to lighten us. He takes things away so we can fly.”

God Faith Rooms Flying Cruelty Alzheimer Basketball Leadership

Book:Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective

Source: Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective

“[A primate ban] would force us to abandon research that could lead to treatments for Alzheimer's, motor neurone disease, strokes and many other illnesses”

Force Animal Disease Research Illness Treatment Abandon Strokes Motor Bans Alzheimer Alzheimer's Primates

Author:Tipu Aziz

“Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease.”

Fighting Challenges Disease Competition Endure Combination Farms Setback Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Author:Pat Summitt

“These disorders - schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, depression, addiction - they not only steal our time to live, they change who we are.”

Inspiration Motivation Addiction Stealing Our Time Who We Are Disorder Schizophrenia Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Author:Edward Boyden

“People do not realize that Alzheimer's is not old age. It is a progressive and fatal disease, and staggering amounts of people develop Alzheimer's every day.”

People Age Realizing Amount Disease Old Age Progressive Alzheimer Staggering Alzheimer's

Author:Melina Kanakaredes

“Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges”

Forget Grudge Alzheimer Alzheimer's Being Irish Forget Everything Funny Irish

Author:Judy Collins

“One thing I have no worry about is whether God exists. But it has occurred to me that God has Alzheimer's and has forgotten we exist.”

Spiritual Science Worry One Thing Forgotten Atheist Agnostic God Exists Alzheimer Alzheimer's No Worries Whether God Exists

Author:Jane Wagner

“Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease.”

Watches Disease My Family Painful Horrible Cures Grandfather My Grandfather Aggravation Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Author:David Hyde Pierce

“I often hear people say that a person suffering from Alzheimer's is not the person they knew. I wonder to myself - Who are they then?”

People Persons Suffering Wonder Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Author:Bob DeMarco

“You know, people get frustrated because their loved ones who have Alzheimer's, oh, he doesn't recognize me anymore, how can I recognize this person, if they don't recognize me? They're not the same person. Well, they are the same person, but they've got a brain disease. And it's not their fault they've got this disease.”

People Ifs Knows Wells Persons Brain Disease Faults Loved Ones Frustrated Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Author:Ron Reagan

“I am saddened when I hear these words -this is not the person I knew - because those words objectify the person suffering from Alzheimer's. When you objectify a person you also dehumanize them. Once dehumanized the person becomes a villain.”

Persons Suffering Villain Alzheimer Alzheimer's Saddened

Author:Bob DeMarco

“People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life. For the first time in her life, she's happy.”

People Thinking Firsts Has Beens Different Mother Cases Terrible First Time Tragedy Unhappy Alzheimer Alzheimer's Terrible Tragedy

Author:Amy Tan

“Today is the best day I could ever have.”

Today Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Author:Rick Dees

“In Wisconsin, We're at the forefront of research that might one day bring cures for diseases like Parkinsons and Alzheimers, and we must seize its great potential.”

Might One Day Disease Research Cures Alzheimer Wisconsin Alzheimer's Parkinson Wisconsin Weather

Author:Jim Doyle

“Ronald Reagan's well documented final battles with Alzheimer's disease were fought with the same conviction and courage that his many public battles were fought.”

Wells Battle Disease Finals Conviction Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Author:Bill Jenkins

“Laura Bush went on national television during the week of my father's funeral and spoke out against embryonic stem cell research, pointing out that where Alzheimer's is concerned, we don't have proof that stem-cell treatment would be effective.”

“It's the end game that people dread and that's what I'm scared of”

People Ends Games Scared Dread Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Author:Terry Pratchett

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