The Care It Takes Taking care of an elderly person can be a difficult thing to, do especially when they have a disease called Alzheimer's. According to the Encarta Encyclopedia, "Alzheimer's is a disease marked by progressive loss of mental capacity." This is the exact problem that the Grandfather, Michael McMahon, has in the story Grand Opening. It is not easy living with someone who has Alzheimer's. The novel shows many examples of how hard …showed first 75 words of 968 total…

…showed last 75 words of 968 total…in a nursing home, can live a normal life. Living with someone who has Alzheimer's is very difficult. There is a lot of stress for the family and also for the person how has the disease. It is not an easy thing to deal with. With the help of medicine and nursing homes, families are able to live a more normal life, free from worry about what to do with a parent who has Alzheimer's.