‘Duck Dynasty’ Star Phil Robertson Diagnosed With Alzheimer’s Disease

“Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson’s son says the patriarch of the household is coping with some main well being points.

On the Dec. 6 episode of the “Unashamed with the Robertson Household” podcast, Phil Robertson’s son Jase, 55, revealed that his father, 78, is within the “early levels” of Alzheimer’s illness.

“Phil’s not doing properly,” he stated. “I feel I spoke on the a thousandth podcast. We had been attempting to determine the prognosis, however in keeping with the medical doctors, they’re certain that he has some form of blood illness that is inflicting every kind of issues.”

Jase famous that the blood illness has “accelerated” and is “inflicting issues” along with his dad’s “complete physique.”

“He has early levels of Alzheimer’s so in case you put these issues collectively, he is simply not doing properly,” Jase stated. “He is actually struggling.”

TODAY.com reached out to the Robertson household for remark.

Seeing his well being take a downward flip has been actually laborious for Robertson. Jase defined that the patriarch desires to return to work on his household’s podcast, however is unable to simply accept the fact of the state of affairs.

“I’m like, ‘Nicely Phil, you possibly can barely stroll round with out crying out in ache,’ and I used to be like, ‘Your reminiscence shouldn’t be what it as soon as was,'” Jase recalled telling his dad. “He’s like, ‘Inform me about it.’ So he’s actually unable to, I feel he would agree to only sit down and have a dialog.”

As a consequence of Robertson’s declining well being, Jase stated that he and his household are “attempting to do quite a lot of issues to determine the right way to make him extra snug, and perhaps assist along with his reminiscence.”

“We’ve bought a workforce of medical doctors and so they’re all in settlement that there’s no curing what he has,” he stated. “And so, what do you do? We’re attempting to make him a bit extra snug.”

In response to the Nationwide Institute on Getting old, “reminiscence issues are sometimes one of many first indicators” of Alzheimer’s illness and this will result in extra extreme signs, confusion and behavioral modifications.