6 Things Never to Do When Caring for Someone With Alzheimer's

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Caring for the Alzheimer's Caregiver

You take care of them, but who takes care of you?Medically reviewed by Shaheen Lakhan, MD, PhD, FAANCaregivers of all kinds know the burden of supporting the health and well-being of a loved one who can’t fully care for themselves. With a degenerative and incurable condition like Alzheimer’s, this burden can be magnified, to the point that caregivers too often neglect their own self-care. In fact, research has found that informal caregivers of d…