Introduction Alzheimer’s Disease is not a problem of old age. It is a medical disorder that causes abnormal changes in the brain. It mainly affects memory and other mental abilities. Therefore, it is a disease and not a normal part of aging. It often starts at the age of 60 years. Dementia is a brain disorder that interferes with the ability of a person to perform daily tasks. Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) begins slowly. It first starts with memory loss. People suffering from AD have problems recalling recent activities or even remembering the names of people. Over time, the symptoms worsen. The patients may have problems with speech, writing, and reading. They may forget basic things like brushing teeth among others. As the condition worsens, they get restless or hostile and may even run away from home. The disease may appear as early as 30 but can only be diagnosed once a person attains 60 years. There are no tests that give a diagnosis of the disease. A doctor may just need to find out if the mental disorder is AD. However, with the advancement in research, doctors are considering testing using cerebrospinal fluids, brain scans, or traces of abnormality in the blood. Similarly, there is no cure for Alzheimer’s Disease this is because the cause cannot be established. However, some medicines can be used. The medications make the condition of the patient better during the first stages of the disease. However, the drugs cannot work during the late stages of AD (Norton and Waldman, 2007). Family members experience difficulties in staying with the patients. This treatise discusses some of these difficulties that family members encounter. Thesis statement Living with Alzheimer’s disease is more challenging for their caregiving family members because of emotional problems, fatigue, and financial problems. Problems faced by caregivers The caregivers encounter difficulties when handling patients suffering from AD. The problems increase as the disease worsens. The predicaments can be categorized into three as discussed below. Emotional problems Discovering that a family member has Alzheimer’s Disease is always heartbreaking for the person diagnosed and the rest family members. Both the caregiving family members and the patient often deny the condition for a long time especially before they learn to live with it. The family members may find it hard to cope with symptoms and behaviors caused by the disease. Some of the symptoms and behaviors entail a tendency to lose things, poor decision and judgment making, patients may leave food cooking in pans, and inability to eat and work, among other symptoms. Over time, the patients become unable to perform family responsibilities. Cares giving family members may find it hard to separate the disease from the loved one. During the middle stage of the disease, the symptoms worsen. The patients get restless, agitated, fear bathing, violent behaviors, unintentional leakage of urine, and inapt sexual behaviors, among other weird behaviors. During this stage, the caregiving family members feel secluded. They have feelings of grief and loss of surface as their family member changes behavior (Aggar, Ronaldson & Cameron, 2010, pp. 409 – 415). Caregiving family members need a lot of emot