He then had a 25-year career as a foreign service officer. Now, he can't write his name. If you ask how he's doing, he sometimes gives a long, drawn-out response. Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease five years ago at age 59, he sometimes has trouble setting the table or confuses his pajama top with his pajama bottom. W in Lynnwood.
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Mary, her husband's primary caregiver, has found tools to cope, including support groups and information that will be provided at a May 1 conference in Lynnwood. The problems she faces living with someone with Alzheimer's will soon be faced by many other families. That number could increase tenfold in the next 50 years, according to the Alzheimer's Association. People often generalize the symptoms of Alzheimer's as someone who simply forgets things, Osborne said. All of a sudden you find your finances are fouled up.