[A family's experience of the announcement of a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease].
In an account of the care of a father for Alzheimer's disease, highlights several problems often encountered by families, both before the diagnosis, when it is announced and afterwards are highlighted. Comments throughout the text aim to offer our insight as neurologists in a Memory Resource and Research Centre in the Aquitaine region.
Centre Mémoire Ressource et Recherche, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux. sophie.auriacombe@u-bordeaux2.fr
Sophie
S
Auriacombe
D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D000786:Anger; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations