# How I'm preparing to get Alzheimer's

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2012
- Speaker: Alanna Shaikh
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain, Philosophy
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/alanna_shaikh_how_i_m_preparing_to_get_alzheimer_s)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [How I'm preparing to get Alzheimer's](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/alanna_shaikh_how_i_m_preparing_to_get_alzheimer_s/f8453d2e0bad), 7 min (TED's player)