Name: How I'm preparing to get Alzheimer's
Uploaded: 2012-07-03T15:00:08Z
Duration: 6 min 10 s
Description: When faced with a parent suffering from Alzheimer's, most of us respond with denial ("It won't happen to me") or extreme efforts at prevention. But global health expert and TED Fellow Alanna Shaikh sees it differently. She's taking three concrete steps to prepare for the moment -- should it arrive -- when she herself gets Alzheimer's disease.

When faced with a parent suffering from Alzheimer's, most of us respond with denial ("It won't happen to me") or extreme efforts at prevention. But global health expert and TED Fellow Alanna Shaikh sees it differently. She's taking three concrete steps to prepare for the moment -- should it arrive -- when she herself gets Alzheimer's disease.

Alanna Shaikh: How I'm preparing to get Alzheimer's

How I'm preparing to get Alzheimer's

Facing Alzheimer's, a global health consultant shifts her life, focusing on hands-on hobbies, physical strength, and kindness.

Alzheimer's physical symptoms like balance loss push the adoption of yoga and tai chi, aiming for mobility even as the disease progresses.

Striving for a heart so pure that even stripped bare by dementia, it survives, embodying kindness and love as the ultimate preparation.