Alzheimer’s Disease: Adversity Makes Superheroes

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“Once you’ve lived as a caregiver you want to help everyone else that is experiencing what you’ve just gone through.” These are the words of Betsy Arnold, a woman on a mission. Around five years ago she lost her mother to Alzheimer’s disease. As her mother progressed through the three stages of Alzheimer’s disease, Arnold and her father, Coach Frank Broyles of the University of Arkansas, became Barbara Broyles’ main caretakers.

Currently 70% of the people who are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease are being kept at home. For many the main consideration for this decision is financial. A close second is the fact that people with Alzheimer’s disease do better in surroundings in which they are familiar.