Well, as inhumane as it seems I can promise you no one wishes Alzheimer's on anyone and when the person gets it they are no longer the person you knew. In a sen

Well, as inhumane as it seems I can promise you no one wishes Alzheimer's on anyone and when the person gets it they are no longer the person you knew. In a sense, the disease has killed off their mind and the person you knew. Spiritual death. But the body lives on. The other thing with this disease is the rate at which it can come on. Early on set Alzheimer's can come on so quickly that everyone is caught off guard. If you were in your 40's married to someone in their 50's who suddenly needed full time care, as harsh as it sounds I would not judge that person for leaving the marriage. In my personal opinion the person with advanced Alzheimer's would have little insight to what exactly is going on around them, like their spouse is no longer with them, and divorcing them would not even register. I more picture these divorces happening after the person is well on their way and really lack the mental capacity to understand or worry about it. It would be a little harsher if the machine could tell you 6 years before you got the disease and your partner left you but again I would not judge.