“Gene Wilder’s widow on what it’s like to care for someone with Alzheimer’s,” by Karen Wilder, ABC News

“In an exclusive essay for ABC News, Karen Wilder opens up about her 35-year marriage to the late actor and activist Gene Wilder. The ‘Young Frankenstein’ star died last year at the age of 83, after battling Alzheimer’s disease in the final years of his life. Wilder discusses some of the trials and tribulations caregivers or spouses can experience when caring for someone living with the debilitating disease. . . . Then came the biggest shocker: 40 percent of Alzheimer’s caregivers die before the patient according to a study done by Stanford Medicine — not from disease, but from the sheer physical, spiritual and emotional toll of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s.”

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

A wake up call for the unworried and a reminder for LTCI producers of why you’re in the business.

Gene Wilder’s widow on what it’s like to care for someone with Alzheimer’s

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