Mwedzi Wekuzivisa kweAlzheimer

Munhu wese anoita seanoziva mumwe munhu anoziva munhu ane chirwere cheAlzheimer. Kuongororwa ndechimwe chezvirwere zvakawanda zvinotenderera zvakatenderedza nzvimbo yekuziva kwedu. Kufanana negomarara, kana chirwere cheshuga, kana kunyange COVID-19, izvo zvatinoziva nesainzi hazviwanzo kujeka kana kunyaradza. Sezvineiwo kune munhu ane chirwere ichi, chikamu chedziviriro sezvo uropi hunorasikirwa ne "oomph" (izwi resainzi) ndeyekuti munhu akaongororwa haanyatso kunyatsoziva kukanganisa kwavo kana kurasikirwa. Zvamazvirokwazvo kwete zvikuru sezvinoita vanhu vakavapoteredza.

Ndakave muchengeti wababa vevana vangu pavakabatwa muna Ndira 2021. Hazvina kuita sekuti takanga tisina kumbofungira kwemakore mashoma, asi tichiti kutadza kwacho kunokonzeresa "kuchembera." Pavakaonekwa zviri pamutemo, vana, zvino vanokwanisa vechidiki vane makore makumi matatu, vakauya "vasina kuvharwa" (rimwe izwi rehunyanzvi renyika inodonha kubva pasi pavo). Kunyange zvazvo tave tarambana kwemakore anopfuura gumi nemaviri, ndakazvipira kuti nditore nyaya dzehutano dzekuongororwa kuitira kuti vana vakoshese uye vanakidzwe nehukama hwavo nababa vavo. “Unofanira kuda vana vako kupfuura kusada wawakamboroorana naye.” Kunze kwezvo, ini ndinoshanda mune zvehutano, saka ndinofanira kuziva chimwe chinhu, handiti? Zvakaipa!

Muna 2020, 26% yevachengeti muUnited States vaitarisira mumwe munhu ane dementia kana Alzheimer's, kubva pa 22% muna 2015. Vanopfuura chikamu chimwe muzvina chevachengeti vemhuri yekuAmerica vakati vane dambudziko rekubatanidza kutarisira. Makumi mana neshanu muzana evachengeti nhasi vanoti vakatambura kamwechete (negative) zvemari. Muna 2020, 23% yevachengeti vekuAmerica vakati kuchengeta kwakawedzera hutano hwavo. Zvikamu makumi matanhatu nechimwe kubva muzana zvevachengeti vemhuri vemazuva ano vanoshanda mamwe mabasa. (Yese data kubva aarp.org/caregivers) Ndakadzidza kuti Alzheimer's Association neAARP zvinhu zvakanakisa, kana uine ruzivo rwakakwana kubvunza mibvunzo chaiyo.

Asi, izvi hazvisi zvechimwe cheizvozvo! Sezviri pachena, kutarisira ndiko kana kunofanira kunge kuri mamiriro ako ehutano. Chiito chekuchengeta chinenge chakanyanya kusarudzwa kwehutano kune muchengeti, uye muchengeti wekuchengetedza, semushonga chero upi zvake kana kupindira kwemuviri. Izvo zvinogadziriswa uye pekugara zvinodiwa kuti upe hutano hwakanaka hazvingowanikwi, kana kupihwa mari, kana kutoonekwa sechikamu cheiyo equation. Uye kana vasiri vatarisiri vemhuri, chii chaizoitika?

Uye chikuru chipingamupinyi chinovaka ndivo varapi vezvokurapa uye masisitimu anopihwa mari yekubatsira vanhu kuti vagare vakachengeteka munzvimbo yakazvimirira. Rega ndipe mikana miviri chete panodiwa shanduko.

Kutanga, sangano renzvimbo inovimbika rinopihwa mari yekupa maneja ekuchengeta vanhu vakuru vezera rakati. Kuwana rubatsiro kunoda application yandaifanira kuzadzisa nekuti kushandisa komputa hazvigoneke kuna baba vemwana. Nekuti "murwere" haana kuzadzisa fomu pachake, sangano raida kubvunzurudzwa kwega. Bato rinotaurwa rinowanzorasikirwa nefoni yake, haabatike, uye anongopindura mafoni kubva kunhamba dzinozivikanwa. Kunyangwe pasina Alzheimer's, ikodzero yake, handiti? Saka, ndakachaya runhare panguva yakafanorongwa uye zuva, hafu ndichitarisira kuti baba vevana vachazvikanganwa. Hapana chakaitika. Pandakatarisa nhoroondo yerunhare rwake, pakanga pasina runhare rwaipinda panguva iyoyo, kana zuva riya, kana zvachose kubva kunhamba yakapihwa. Ndadzoka panzvimbo yekutanga, uye nhengo yemhuri yedu yaifungidzirwa kuti haina simba yakataura zvine mufungo "sei ndichivavimba izvozvi?" Iyi haisi sevhisi inobatsira!

Chechipiri, mahofisi evanopa havazivi pekugara kunodiwa kuti ubudirire. Mukutarisira uku, murapi wake anoonga chaizvo kuti ndinomuendesa kumisangano, nenguva uye nezuva chairo, uye ndinoronga zvese zvaanoda zvekuchengeta. Dai ndisina, vaizopa basa iroro here? Aihwa! Asi, vanondirongedzera kundibhowa kubva pakuwana rekodhi yake yekurapa. Vanoti, nekuda kwechirwere ichi, anofungidzirwa kuti haakwanise kusarudza muchengeti kwekanopfuura chiitiko chimwe panguva. Mazana emitengo yepamutemo gare gare, ndakagadziridza iyo Durable Medical Power yeGweta (Ratidzo: vaverengi, zviwanirei imwe nemhuri yenyu, hamungamboziva!) peji paFedEx) kumupi uyo akazobvuma kuti vakagamuchira iyo ine zuva rekutanga, zvichiratidza kuti vaive nayo nguva yese. Gomera, izvi zvinobatsira sei?

Ini ndinogona kuwedzera zvitsauko zvakawanda pamusoro pekubata neVeterans Affairs (VA), uye mabhenefiti ekufambisa, uye online pharmacy mabhenefiti. Uye vashandi vezvemagariro evanhu vane shuga inotapira mawkish mazwi pavanenge vachitaura nemunhu uye ipapo kukwanisa kuchinja kune miganhu ine simba kana uchiti "kwete." Uye rusaruro rwemberi kwedhesiki uye vanotora runhare vachitaura nezvake kwete kwaari runoshoresa. Icho chiitiko chezuva nezuva chinongofanirwa kukosheswa zuva rimwe panguva.

Saka, meseji yangu kune vanhu vanoshanda mune yekutsigira system, yekurapa kana neimwe nzira, ndeye kuterera kune zvauri kutaura nekubvunza. Funga nezvekuti chikumbiro chako chinonzwika sei kune mumwe munhu ane simba shoma, kana kune mutarisiri ane nguva shoma. Kwete chete "usaita chakaipa" asi iva anobatsira uye anobatsira. Iti "hongu" kutanga uye bvunza mibvunzo gare gare. Bata vamwe sezvaungade kuitirwa iwe, kunyanya sezvaunove muchengeti nekuti pahuwandu, iro basa riri mune ramangwana rako kunyangwe ukasarudza kana kusarisarudza.

Uye kuvagadziri vedu; ngatienderere mberi nazvo! Usarambe uchihaya vafambisi vezvikepe kuti vashande muhurongwa hwakaputsika; gadzirisa iyo yakaoma maze! Simbisa rubatsiro rwepabasa kuti uwedzere tsananguro yeFLMA kuti ubatanidze ani zvake anenge asarudzwa nemutarisiri. Wedzera rubatsiro rwemari kune vanochengeta (AARP zvakare, avhareji yemari yegore negore kunze kwehomwe mari yevanochengeta i$7,242). Wana vachengeti vakanyatsodzidziswa pabasa nemuhoro uri nani. Gadzirisa sarudzo dzekufambisa uye zano, bhazi haisi sarudzo! Kugadzirisa kusaenzana kunokonzera kusaenzana munyika inochengeta. (Zvese zvinzvimbo zvepolicy zvinorumbidza zveAARP).

Sezvineiwo kumhuri yedu, baba vemwana vari pamweya uye tese tinogona kuwana nyambo mukugumbuka uye kukanganisa kwakawanda. Pasina pfungwa yekuseka, kutarisira kwakaoma zvechokwadi, hakubatsiri, kunodhura uye kunoda. Nerupo dhamo rekuseka, iwe unogona kupfuura kupfuura zvese zvese.