Hi
Firstly, welcome to the forum and I hope you will get some comfort from reading about how other folk deal (or not) with living with or alongside this dreadful condition.
It may be the case that as you say you work with people affected by AD, you are in some sense, too familiar with all the issues that go with it? Myself, although I was aware of the types of issues, I had not had first hand experience. So, I have had to come to terms with it as it unfolds, so to speak.
Even before my wife was diagnosed (Jan 2014), I had pretty much guessed, as we had some very worrying episodes for at least a year or 18 months before I could get her to see our GP (including some amount of not wanting to confront the issue myself?).
As a 66 year old bloke who has been well looked after during 46 years of marriage, I have surprised myself in how I have coped with amongst other things:-
Learning how to cook, operate the washing machine, oven etc (I could at least iron, Hoover and clean!), toileting etc.
There have been many times when I have felt like running away - probably fairly common amongst contributors to this lovely forum. I have found some comfort in talking to various support organisations in our area.
I know that in our district hospital, there are nurses etc who lead on dementia, so maybe you could have a chat whilst at work, if there are any where you are based?
I am sure others will offer some much needed device too.
Kind regards
Phil