14: Loving With Alzheimer's

Nag-uulyanin. Second childhood. Bumalik sa pagkabata.

Sa Pilipinas, iyan ang mga tawag natin sa taong may Alzheimer’s Disease - isang sakit, isang diagnosis. While everybody forgets something every now and then – a word, where you last put your phone, the name of a person you went to school with  – ang taong may Alzheimer’s in its late stages finds it hard to even carry out a simple conversation, or even respond to their environment to survive from day to day. Without question, it is devastating on the person suffering from it.

Pero gaano kahirap ito para sa pamilya ng taong may Alzheimer’s? Gaano kasakit to realize that your once independent, strong-willed, breadwinner of a parent cannot even feed herself anymore, or even tell you na she is in so much pain dahil may broken hip na pala siya? Isang Bessie natin sa The Balut Kiki Project ang magkukwento sa atin how it is to live with – no, LOVE – keep loving somebody who has been suffering from this debilitating disease.

Oo, napanuod natin sa Tanging Yaman. Na-enjoy naten sa Netflix K-drama na Navillera. Na-touch tayo sa McDo commercial ng “paborito kong apo – si Karen”.

Pag-usapan natin, mga Bes. Usapang mental health ulit tayo. Tara, let’s have a heartfelt kiki about Alzheimer’s.

Para sa dagdag na kaalaman, i-click ang link na ito: https://www.dementia.org.au/sites/default/files/helpsheets/Helpsheet-AboutDementia01-WhatIsDementia_tagalog.pdf