I’m not talking about how one would find the appropriate links or services, I’m talking about “how” a caregiver of a loved one affected by Alzheimer’s mentally prepares themselves to “ask” for help.

In today’s society the act of asking for help is perceived as a weakness or failure. How we currently treat an individual severly affected by Alzheimer’s by caring for them within locked units holds negative connotations. Asking for help generally means that you were not able to do what you were trying to accomplish and now need assistance from others. As this article relays, often caregivers are family members. How can a family member admit defeat, open themselves up to the possibility of negativity or ridicule and in the end relinquish care?

Should governments be placing more funds in support programs? Should more funds be utilized for education sessions to abolish the negativity associated with this disease? How do we change culture? Any thoughts?