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Alzheimer’s Disease is something close to my heart. That’s because my mother’s eldest sister died from the illness last year in 2007 after more than 15 years of battle with the disease. The symptoms are obvious. Initially, she forgot where she placed her pens and her personal things. There were tremors on her hands when she lifted the spoon to her mouth to feed herself. As it progressed, she also forgot names of familiar faces and at one time walked around the house naked. Her memory lapses were getting worse and eventually she could not feed herself, brush teeth or even bathe. Later on, day time nurse and night time nurse had to be called in to take care of her round the clock. She was lucky in a way because the family had the financial means to hire nurses for her and for her monthly visits to the hospital for medication. I could see that from a happy woman, she deteriorated so much and became an invalid with frequent bouts of anger and temper. Alzheimer’s disease is a debilitating illness that takes away the quality of life of the sufferer. There are links to read up more on this disease such as Alzheimer’s Memory Walk.