Alzheimer’s in Nepal: Too little attention to a too serious public health problem

Pramila Bajracharya was studying in the eighth grade when she saw her grandmother losing her memory and suffering from behavioural abnormalities. Because she could not remember anything including her own family members, her behaviour turned problematic for the rest of the family.

“Then, we resorted to locking our grandmother in one room,” Bajracharya says, “But, she again began verbally abusing us. She used to keep screaming, shouting, wandering, hallucinating, involving in improper behaviour, and later also lost her bowel control.”