Alzheimer's a cruel blow for sad Reagans.FORMER US President Ronald Reagan, stricken by Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. , can no longer have a coherent conversation. Nancy Reagan also said friends of her 88-year-old husband were no longer invited to their California home because he does not recognise them. Reagan no longer swims or takes walks, she said. The former First Lady was speaking during a conversation at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs in Simi Valley, California Simi Valley is an incorporated city located in the extreme southeast corner of Ventura County, California, bordering the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles in the Greater Los Angeles Area. . She explained how the former president, without assistance, wrote his own letter to the American people An American people may be:
She was asked what she had learned about the disease over the past five years. "That it is probably the worst disease you can ever have," she replied. "Because you lose contact and you're not able to share." Alzheimer's disease is the fourth leading cause of death among American adults. |
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