📋 How to Be a Caregiver for Someone With ALS (AARP Article)

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FROM THE ARTICLE:

Sooner or later, you’ll need help at home — and some breaks.

By Kim Painter, AARP. Published May 29, 2025.

When Chicago neurologist Senda Ajroud-Driss meets with someone newly diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), it’s not unusual to find herself in a packed room, she says. People bring spouses and grown children; some bring friends with medical backgrounds.

She says all that apparent support is a good sign. ALS is “a heavy diagnosis,” she says, and caring for someone with the condition is too big a job for one person.

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https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/health/info-2025/als-caregiving.html