;s Association, hospitals, senior service organizations and religious groups. Respite care can provide families with a period of relief from the responsibilities of caring for a person with AD. For a few hours another person such as a companion, a home health aid or an adult day care service can provide relief. Caring for an Alzheimer's disease patient at home requires special skills. Education about the disease can help the family develop these skills and minimize frustration as the disease progresses.
             The demands placed on primary caregivers are relentless. Day after day, week after week, these individuals must cope with the depressing realities of this disease. Alzheimer's progresses slowly, and can even take as long as twenty years to run its course. During these years loved ones literally disappear before your eyes and do not go quietly. Patients never get better; they only get worse, and ca
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