people can appear very uniaired, and when you are put in aonfrontational setting, it taxes you such that you don't perfo as well. that's pretty good. in alzheimer's, there is a second patient involved-- e spouse or faly membe who is the day-to-day ca provider. lisa gwyer is dire of the duke family suprt program. a pers with zheimer's sease setheir memory, d y n't learn infoation or learn from experience or dw on their experienc the caregiver, on the other hand, has vid memoriesf the person as they were d as thewereheth loved them or knewhem and can learn neinformation, can draw fm exrience, and can get better. they c be he to ustand why the ent behaves the y they do and how to be a more eective caregiver while still reducing the negati consequens of providing that on tmselve itay be 2o years betweethe onset of memory problems and the end age the disease, en it is ternal. the ti between dinosis and ath is marked by slow intellectual, emotional, and psical decline, placing extraordinary stress on both the patient d the caregiver. sometimes he says, "lifist worth living this way." sometimes