'You Have Alzheimer's Disease.' How to Reveal a Diagnosis AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THE REACTIONS

You have Alzheimer's null That's the diagnosis approximately 450,000 Americans will hear from their doctors this year (Alzheimer's Association, 2008). From the moment those words are spoken, the trajectory of an individual's life veers in a new and dramatic direction. For the past several years, we've been studying how people find out they have dementiahow physicians deliver the news and how people react to it. So far, we've answered a few...