Just heard it said last night, Nancy ALWAYS made certain RR ate a PROPER healthy diet.
When Nancy didn't travel with him, he indulged in lots of sweets.
Hot fudge sundaes were his favorite and he would scape the bowl clean.
Also, the doctor that diagnosed RR's Alzheimer's disease said the reason RR lived for ten years was because he was in good health.
However! The disease isn't what he died from, no one dies from it, in RR's case, he had broken his hip, didn't recover and he got pneumonia. That's what killed RR.
"However! The disease isn't what he died from, no one dies from it, in RR's case, he had broken his hip, didn't recover and he got pneumonia. That's what killed RR."
I did aome study into Alzheimer's a few years ago when I had an aunt who had it. Alzheimer's patients don't die from the disease itself; they die from various maladies that their weakened bodies cannot cope with. I seem to recall that it is fairly comon for Alzheimers' patients to die of pneumonia.
Not to mention the fact that he lived well beyond the normal life span.
I just wonder when we have a cure for all these elder conditions who is going to take care of and support all these people who live well into their hundreds? Its not going to be like they can still run around and or even walk.
With the amount of people in nursing homes already I can only imagine how it will be. It is very hard to take care of an elder in their 90's late 90's even with minor dementia. Grandchildren are often very lax in doing so as well when their parents now in their 70's also need care.
Are elders going to stop breaking their hips in there 90's also after we find this cure? I think not.