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You have my deepest sympathies. I lost my dad to AD in 2016. He was only 71.
It's a nasty, cruel disease. And a lonely one for spouses and caretakers. It's truly one of the worst. The nursing home/hospice care stage is heart breaking, but thankfully, much closer to the end of what can be a 10 year march or more.
I'd urge anyone that suspects they have a close friend or relative with early dementia to consider giving "The End of Alzheimers" by Dr Dale Bredesen a read. The book came out too late to help my father, but it was recently successfully applied to another close family member.
For patients not too far gone (nursing home is likely too late), Bredesen's methodology can meaningfully improve cognition and function including potentially a return to self sufficiency and even work. His methodology addresses AD not as a single disease, but rather as a multi-factor illness that manifests slowly as dementia commonly referred to as Alzheimers. Bredesen's research supports that when [most] all brain health factors are satisfactorily addressed, the dementia can be slowed, halted, or even reversed (particularly for younger patients).
I wish all good health.
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