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Spencer D Martin 

Mrs. Burr, Instructor 

April 13, 2018 

English 2010, Section 5 

Alzheimer’s Report 

Alzheimer’s is a world-wide disease affecting millions, and a major problem 

with it is, putting the people that are affected by in homes, rather than keeping them in 

their house where they are comfortable and can be surrounded by family in the last 

moments of their lives. And, to top it off, it is very expensive. However, there is an 

alternative to putting those with Alzheimer’s in a care-facilities.  

When putting a person with Alzheimer’s or any other mental illness in a 

care-facility, it is alienating them and that is a little bit messed up. “A number of the 

participants . . . expressed a lack of confidence in them in relation to other people. 

They did not experience themselves as accepted participants in a companionship or 

social existence. When they participated in an activity, they felt like it was not on the 

same terms as for other people” (Erdner). As we alienate people we make them feel less 

human and they don’t feel the same. It doesn’t matter what the disease is, whether its 

ADD, ADHD, depression, schizophrenia, or alzheimer’s, as we alienate people with 

mental disorders they will not feel the same and will start to wonder why they are in 
the institution they are in and that could possibly lead to more and more mental health 

problems.  

In an interview with a widow, whose husband was taken from Alzheimer’s, 

when asked about the pros and cons of keeping them at home, she said, that a big part 

of what was good about it, was that they are comfortable, they are very okay with being 

in their own house. In a paper by Martin Marko he states that people are more 

vulnerable when they are in an area where they experience change or adjustment 

(Marko). 

In conclusion, I believe that it should be left up to the family of the people with 

Alzheimer’s to decide if they are put in a institution or not, but I do recommend that 

you keep them inside their own house for as long as possible to keep them comfortable 

and not alienated. 

 
 

Works Cited 
 

Erdner, Anette, et al. "Social and Existential Alienation Experienced by People with  

Long-Term Mental Illness." Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, vol. 19, no.  

4, Dec. 2005, pp. 373-380. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/j.1471-6712.2005.00364.x. 

Kasai, Mari, et al. "Alzheimer's Disease Patients Institutionalized in Group Homes Run  

by Long-Term Care Insurance Exhibit Fewer Symptoms of Behavioural Problems  

as Evaluated by the Behavioural Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale."  

Psychogeriatrics, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2015, pp. 102-108. EBSCOhost,  

doi:10.1111/psyg.120 

Marko, Martin. "Development of a Protocol for Simultaneous Assessment of Cognitive  

Functioning under Psychosocial Stress." Journal of Psychology, vol. 150, no. 7, 

Oct. 2016, pp. 916-929. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/00223980.2016.1207590. 

Murnane, Kevin “This Gene May Explain Why Alzheimer's Treatments Succeed With  

Mice But Fail With Humans”. ​Forbes.com​ April 10, 2018  

www.forbes.com/sites/kevinmurnane/2018/04/10/researchers-clarify-and-neg 

ate-a-genetic-risk-factor-for-alzheimers-in-human-neurons/#551364a72d9c 

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