Actor Jin Hakman was alone.

The Oscar winner did not take twice any calls and missed meals.

Medical experts say that he could not realize that his 95 -year -old wife, who was a retreat from health and suffering from the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease, has died up to more than 30 years at the home where he was living.

If he does, experts tell the BBC, likely that he has gone through different stages of confusion and sadness, in an attempt to awaken it before that disease causes his attention or drowning in behavior – a process that is most likely repeated for several days before his death.

New Mexico Pitts Arakawa, 65, says, 65 years old, says officials in New Mexico Pitts Arakawa, 65, He died due to a rare virus about seven days before Hakman On February 18, it perished.

The husband – and one of their dogs – was found dead at his home in Santa after he conducted the security of the neighborhood and saw their bodies on the ground through a window.

Initially, the authorities said that the dark discovery was “Sufficiently suspicious” to launch the investigation.

Their remains were discovered in the advanced stages of decomposition. Arakawa is found in the bathroom with birth control pills nearly. Hackman was found near the kitchen with cane and sunglasses. One of their three dogs was found in a cage.

But the police investigation did not find any play.

Instead, the issue shed light on the dark facts of Alzheimer’s disease, which destroys and destroying cells in the per capita brain over time – taking memory and other important mental functions.

“It seems as if he was living in a ball,” Catherine, against Persole, PhD, a professional therapist who has contracts for experience in dementia.

She referred to patients with advanced Alzheimer’s disease, such as the actor, who lives at the present time and is unable to look back at moments in the past or look forward and behave.

“I imagine that he will try to awaken it and not succeed. But then [he] She described that the matter had paid his attention in another room because of a dog or something like that.

Then later, notice his wife again on the floor and “live through her again.”

Although no one knows how Hakman spent his last days alive, the dark nature of the possibilities was discussed by the authorities and medical examinations in the region.

At a press conference last week, Dr. Heather Jarrell, the chief medical examiner in New Mexico, said that Arakawa died due to Huntafos syndrome (HPS)The respiratory disease caused by exposure to the affected rodents. Hakman’s death was the result of major heart diseases, as Alzheimer’s disease was a contributing factor.

Looking at the complex stages of Hagman for Alzheimer’s disease, “it is quite possible that he was not aware of it [his wife] Dr. Jarril said that the deceased.

An autopsy indicated that he had not eaten recently, although he had not shown any signs of dehydration. Officials have found no evidence that he had contacted anyone after his wife’s death and was unable to determine whether he was able to take care of himself.

Ms. Persol said that patients with advanced Alzheimer’s disease cannot capture environmental sermon such as light and darkness, which makes it difficult to determine the date of eating, sleeping or bathing.

“Those [cues] Only often, they are no longer available to people at this stage of dementia. “

Dr. Brendan Kelly, a neurologist specializing in memory and perception at the UT SouthWestern Medical Center, explained why Hackman was not able to call the authorities for help. He said that Alzheimer’s disease could leave patients who flared up between emotional discomfort and the inability to act on them.

“A person may feel anxious or fearful, but at the same time they may not be able to take the measures that you or usually think about to reduce this anxiety or anxiety, such as contacting another person, or talking to one of the neighbors.”

Dr. Kelly says that Alzheimer’s patients suffer from feelings such as pain and sadness, and they test physical needs such as hunger and thirst, so it is difficult for them to determine what they feel.

He said that lost meals can also increase the levels of confusion and incitement.

The death of the couple and the amazing details of Hakman who lives at home for a week after the death of his wife, the Santa region was shocked, where the couple lived for more than 20 years.

“He is a completely destructive matter,” says Jeffrey Gomez, who has long been in the city, who remembers Hakman all over the city in his various cars, is always with a smile on his face.

His partner, Linda, said that the details were arousing, explaining that she was interested in her elderly mother with dementia. “Even when you have help, this is a lot,” she said.

“We know that Jin and his wife were very special people and may be trying to protect him from the audience, but the idea of ​​doing this alone? It is a lot to the shoulder,” she added.

Laura N Getlin, a doctorate, told the BBC career that this is a common problem among caregivers.

“With the aging of the population, we also have the same time shrinking the number of people in the family or the number of children or relatives living nearby.”

Mrs. Getlin noticed, along with less care, there is less support for these individuals to make large decisions – such as when it is time to put a member of his family at home instead of taking care of yourself.

Jeffrey Gomez said he could not understand how one of the spouses has not registered for a long time.

“It breaks my heart was alone for a long time.”

There is a list of organizations in the UK providing support and information with some problems in this story BBC Line.