Are you afraid of forgetting? Not your keys, but everything around
you, everyone who has been in your life, all the happiness and
sadness you have experienced. All vanished now to dust. Sounds
scary, doesn’t it? Sadly, according to some research, 1 in 9 adults
ages 45 or older report confusion or memory loss, and more than
5.8 million Americans 65 years or older had Alzheimer's disease.
And the sad truth about this disease is that you will not be getting
your memory back once you have been diagnosed. Such a cruel truth
would break your heart. That being said, why not offer the patient a
brand-new life, instead of trying to redo all the forgotten
experiences, many attempts which will prove fruitless. Perhaps we
could help patients recognize a new self in an environment different
from their usual reality. Here, those suffering memory loss could
seek and recognize a self in a world far away from the chaos. Let me
introduce that fantasy world, the Xanadu.
