How to prevent Alzheimers disease

It all started with my grandma and grandpa about 7 or so years ago. My grandma and grandpa had been married all their life as long as I can remember they had been together. They lived a very long and very happy life together. One day out of the blue, my grandpa had taken a turn for the worse and he became ill, so ill in fact he had to spend some time in the hospital but quickly he was getting worse and worse. Eventually he quit suffering and left the earth to go be with god, he had died not long after he entered into the hospital.

My grandma was left all to herself after being together her whole life with grandpa. At this time when grandpa had died, she had no signs of any Alzheimer's, in fact just the opposite, grandma was close to 80, very active and very strong. She was very vibrant in her life.

After grandpa had died though, she was feeling lonely, alone and depressed. She had moved into an assisted living place to be around other seniors.

Well my poor poor grandma started having uncontrollable falls in the assisted living place and began going frequently to the hospital and her health was suddenly heading down hill because of all the stress and depression of losing grandpa. The doctor's decided that grandma could not live on her own anymore and that she needed 24 hr care. Someone had to be there 24 hours a day to watch her and make sure she did not fall anymore. She could barely take care of herself anymore.

It had been a couple years since grandpa had died so now by this time the doctor's said that she had early Alzheimer's. We moved grandma up here with my mother so she could take care of her 24/7. she did not seem to remember a lot of things but she did remember my mom and her other kids. She did not recognize or remember any of her grand kids, great grand kids or great great grand kids. Us grand kids were simply just called “worker's”. my brother was called the maintenance guy, my sisters and I were called the nurse, the cook or the cleaning lady.

It has now been 6 or 7 years since my grandpa has died and grandma has recently had another fall, she turned white, they revived her, took her to the hospital and sent her to a nursing home where she could recover.

My mom and I were talking and I offered to take grandma into my home and take care of her, I would be her 24 hour care person now, mom said she could definitely use the break. Grandma does not know me at all anymore but she does say I look like her daughter and I sometimes reply, “your daughter is my mom and you are my grandma”. She then gets a surprising look of joy on her face which only lasts for a minute, it does not last long with grandma and I am back to being the nurse again.

I often hear grandma in her room during nap time or at bedtime talking to herself and saying things like, “I cannot forget you “ or “don't forget me” or “i know you and love you”. She sometimes just keeps repeating these same phrases over and over. Just simple things she says she can't forget either. . Grandma tries so hard and I feel much empathy for her. She went down hill so fast after grandpa had died.

But I am truly happy to report that grandma is still going strong and will definitely live much longer, she is just not ready to go yet, she is still enjoying this world a little bit I guess. She even tries to play with the kids and the cat with the end of her walking cane. She is still very vibrant no matter how much she remembers or who she remembers. She looks great, she can go pody by herself, she can walk by herself by holding on to the walls but I like her to use the cane just in case. She does an absolutely great job.

I hope one of my kids speaks of me this way one day when I am older, I think I will be a strong candidate. I love my kids and grand kids with all my heart, I am sure they will do their best with me.

Some time ago when all this started with grandma and grandpa, I started doing research on how to prevent Alzheimer's disease because I was afraid of getting older and be like grandma was and not remember my kids or grand kids, this is what scared me the most, they are my life, my joys and my treasure's , they are the most precious thing on the face of the earth. I simply could not grow old and let this happen to me. I am sure most everyone can agree for these reasons alone that we need to learn how to prevent Alzheimer's right?

So in my research that I found, I would like to share what I have found with everybody so we all get friendly with these tips and try and prevent Alzheimer's in anyone we know. Try these tips below to help. The studies show that all of these things will help to prevent Alzheimer's disease.

1. Eat your greens

   green vegetable's and any leafy greens as much as you want. Eat to your hearts content the greens. It helps.

2. Coffee

   yes coffee, it has been shown that coffee every day can reduce the risk of Alzheimers so drink your coffee every day.

3. Walking

   it is said that walking 30 minutes every day can also help the prevention so go ahead and get out there and start walking, it is great for you and will also keep you in shape too.

4. Fish

   try to eat fish two or three times a week, it is great for the prevention and also great for the brain, also good for your skin.

5. Coconut oil

   I was watching a news broadcast where a man and wife were on. The wife said the husband had early Alzheimer's disease, she started giving him coconut oil a few times a week and his symptoms reversed. This is good, I will definitely try this and all the others.

6. Fresh berries

   go out and buy all the fresh berries you want, eat as much as you can cause these are a prevention as well.

7. Vitamin's E and C

   Vitamin C has been shown to reduce the risk by 20 % when taken with a Vitamin E. take at least 2,000 mg of Vitamin C per day with the Vitamin E to get the full advantage.

There we have it. That is the latest update for preventing the Alzheimer's disease. I hope this has helped someone and please feel free to add any comments on this prevention if you have found something I have missed.