Last Updated on March 17, 2022 by Shabnam Sengupta
If you are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, the best way to prevent death is to be surrounded by people. These people must include your friends, family or professional caregivers, who can be with you all the time. Once your health deteriorates, only these people will be able to provide you the support that you will need as they remain engaged with you since the beginning.
Besides this, visit your doctors regularly to examine the status of your condition. It is advisable to visit your doctors every six months to get an updated prescription. Your doctors can also prescribe you a palliative care programme along with medication. This programme addresses your as well as your family’s issues to help you all live better, while coping up with Alzheimer’s disease. The goal of this programme is to enhance the quality of life by setting up goals of care and weighing the associated risks, benefits and side effects of the ongoing treatment.
If you are aged, then your doctor may also recommend you to live at a care home. These homes are fully assisted living shelter places for elderly people designed to provide a supportive living condition. As the condition worsens, the body starts to deteriorate and reach a stage where it becomes difficult even to swallow the food. In such a scenario, assisted shelter living can be helpful.
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