title: ["Supporting a person with Alzheimer's, this mystery incarnate"].
abstract: This personal account describes the pas de deux performed for four years by a couple living with Alzheimer's. Thérèse, a former nurse, is suffering from the disease. Her husband, René is also a former caregiver who has taken on the mantle of his wife's carer to accompany Thérèse on her one-way journey to an unknown land. A journey scattered with obstacles during which the need for assistance, support and love is highlighted.
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Magnon
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001293:Attitude to Death; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D000077265:Donepezil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007189:Indans / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D010880:Piperidines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012944:Social Support; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D007189:Indans; D010880:Piperidines; D000077265:Donepezil