![]() Through experience, I learned to be there for the residents of the nursing home, to talk to them about their life stories even when the stories got mixed up, to hold the hands of people who were dying, and take care of them until the end. To truly care for someone with Alzheimer’s disease, one must first understand them as a human being, and give them the freedom to be who they are without fear of judgment. ![]() This is what compelled me to enter the healthcare field, and to jump onto the ground floor of a nursing home, where I met hundreds of amazing people who suffered from Alzheimer’s and related dementias - many of them who, due to the progression of the disease, slowly lost the ability to speak for themselves, and thus required care, empathy and understanding on a level beyond anything I had ever experienced before. ![]() ![]() Growing up, I also developed a passion for helping people, offering whatever assistance I could to relieve their suffering. ![]()
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