Takeaways From Four Years In Alzheimer’s Dementia Care

Becoming An Alzheimer’s Hero

Ann has just celebrated 4 years in care. Celebrated? I have mixed feeling but we were assured she would be dead over three years ago. On balance being alive is the big triumph, continuing to be in palliative care not so much. We’re working on getting her into rehabilitation with the aim of bringing her home as soon as possible. Four years is worth celebrating as she’s improving and is alive while 25 million other end-stage Alzheimer’s sufferers aren’t.

Ann’s journey through the New Zealand geriatric care establishment has been dangerous mainly owing to the desire of the Auckland City Alzheimer’s medical community to have her die rather than confront the truth that they are incompetent in treating the condition and failing all of their patients. Specifically, Ann was at mortal risk from the Waitemata District Health Board’s Community Geriatric Team and members of the Auckland University Brain Research Centre. Much as these folk would wish it otherwise, Ann’s survival is the result of breakthrough medical practice based on years of science, not some random event. She’s an exemplar of what they should be doing for all their patients.

We moved Ann to another area two years ago, rescuing her from the malign clutches of the Alzheimer’s folks in Auckland. Her lead carer is now a GP (MD) who is leading the charge in 21st Century medicine. He leads a community Type 2 Diabetes group where over 100 local people no longer have the condition with more joining them every year. This has been achieved not by medication but by supported lifestyle change, Type 2 Diabetes is a lifestyle disease. In April Ann’s doctor was judged “New Zealand GP Of The Year” by the New Zealand Primary Care Association.

Ann’s story is covered in my latest book “Breakthrough, Surviving Alzheimer’s And Why You Can Too” so I’ll cut to the chase…

Some Key Takeaways From Four Years In Alzheimer’s Care:

• Look into your heart, how much do you love this person? Are you prepared to move Heaven and Earth to save him or her? That’s what it takes.
• Learn what Alzheimer’s really is. Until you know this you have no hope of achieving a positive outcome. Let me stress that again: unless you understand Alzheimer’s Dementia you have no hope of beating the condition. Check out “Knowing Azheimers’s” on my website, it’s designed to make you a world leading Alzheimer’s expert in a few short lessons.
• Act early, time is not your friend. The data from successful Alzheimer’s treatments tells us that success is much more likely early on.
• Avoid institutional geriatric care if at all possible. Your loved one’s chances of survival plummet once they fall into the clutches of the Alzheimer’s care establishment.
• Seek competent professional help immediately, currently this means finding a Bredesen practitioner. Do not attempt to DIY this, it’s too complicated and you will fail.
• Start eating properly now. Find a good ketogenic diet coaching service and follow their advice to the letter.
• Exercise every day. Do something, start small and build the exercise habit bit by bit. New research tells us habits are best established in small steps.
• Sleep properly. Get six to eight hours sleep every night. Research tells us less than six or more than eight hours can be detrimental to brain health.
• Avoid “ministering to the doomed” groups and organisations. Success is closely related to the company you keep. You’re trying to beat Alzheimer’s, why would it be helpful associating with people who accept it can’t be beaten ?

You will need to become an Alzheimer’s treatment project manager so must understand the project. This circles back to my second Takeaway, unless you understand what you need to achieve and the steps to get there, you’ll never leave the starting gate.

You’re entering the fight of your life, literally life or death. This will be the most difficult thing you’ve ever done and you’re at a crossroads: do nothing and there’s a guaranteed path full of misery leading to an awful death; or act now, become an “Alzheimer’s Hero” and travel in hope with the high likelihood of a successful outcome.

Kia Kaha! Stay Strong

Peter