Alzheimer’s has hope in Bengaluru: ‘Caregivers make sure my mom doesn’t wander off, harm herself, eats well. She even talks to me now’
Caregiving facilities, be it at home or at a specialised centre, are changing the axis of elder care for Alzheimer’s patients and management while strengthening family bonds.
Smitha Menon is finally breathing easy. For she no longer has to worry about her 69-year-old mother Usha Menon, an Alzheimer’s patient, walking out of the house unnoticed, leaving the gas on in the kitchen, keeping the taps running in the bathroom, or breaking her father’s glasses, pouring water on him and threatening to harm herself.
