Chris Hemsworth talks signs of Alzheimer’s before dad’s diagnosis
In a new documentary titled A Road Trip to Remember, Chris Hemsworth takes his father on a journey to explore his progressing Alzheimer’s disease. The actor opened up about the family’s experience with the neurodegenerative disease in an interview on Jay Shetty’s On Purpose podcast.
He talked again about how he had found out on his series Limitless how he had two copies of the Apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene which signifies a higher likelihood of developing the same diagnosis as his father. However, his dad told the actor not to worry.
When he spoke to Shetty in the podcast while he was at his home in Byron Bay in Australia. The down-under actor said, “I remember vividly that conversation of him sort of telling me not to be concerned about it.”
He continued, “And then about two or three years later, my mom saying to me, ‘I think we’ve got to get dad checked because there are these signs and things I’m concerned about’.”
The 42-year-old Hemsworth shared the first few red flags the family noticed in his father as they grew concerned about his health. These were some of the most common ones when it comes to Alzheimer’s.
“The obvious one memory and slight mood changes and shifts and forgetfulness and so on,” Hemsworth said. He said that the test showed both his parents shared the same genetic indicator for the disease as well. This means all three of their sons, Liam, Luke, and Chris, also have two copies of the disease each.
