Living with Alzheimer’s - Inhuman suffering

THERE are few events as heart-rending as watching a loved one slowly disappear into the suffocating embrace of a fatal, degenerative disease.

Alzheimer’s is one of those relentless, undeniable killers.

Most of us know someone who has had to endure the disease or watch someone try to cope as a partner or a parent faces a long journey with only one destination.