A New Study Hints That 38% of Cognitive Decline Is Impacted By These Lifestyle Factors

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3. My mother's father died with Alzheimer's.

She died with Alzheimers and all five of her sisters died with Alzheimers. I ring the bells on over half of the list above. Everytime I forget where I laid my phone, or struggle coming up with a familiar term, I am frightened. It is hard, for me, to imagine a worse death.

Mother was very bright and well educated. Mom had a strong heart so she stayed alive long after she was gone. The nursing home, after consultation with the doctors and family, quit tube feeding her and let her basically starve to death. It was a terrible thing to watch. You always have to wonder if, somewhere, deep in that mind, there may be some awareness of what is happening. You just don't know.