- "Dad only drives to the grocery store."- "A support group? I don't need one."- "My husband is not ready for day care."- "Nursing home placement? Never "These and similar expressions of denial are often heard in families struggling with the difficult challenges of Alzheimer's or dementia in a loved one. Denial may seem to be an acceptable coping mechanism when faced with a disease that has no cure. But in fact the failure to accept reality can work...