What is Alzheimer's ?
What is Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia?

Alzheimer's is a progressive and fatal disease that destroys brain cells, causing problems with memory, thinking and behaviour that get worse over time. It was first identified by Dr. Alois Alzheimer in 1906, who described two of the major physical consequences of the disease: plaques, which are tiny dense deposits scattered throughout the brain which become toxic to brain cells at high levels, and tangles, which interfere with vital processes by physically choking off living cells. Over the course of Alzheimer's disease, the brain actually shrinks in places as brain cells increasingly degenerate and die.

Alzheimer's is not a normal part of aging. In its early stages, Alzheimer's can cause forgetfulness severe enough to affect a person's ability to function at home, at work, and even in lifelong pastimes and hobbies. Some other symptoms of the disease include confusion, misplacing things, trouble finding words and putting together sentences, and even getting lost in familiar places.

The Alzheimer's Association in the U.S. has put together a helpful chart to distinguish the differences between normal, age-related forgetfulness and the type of memory change associated with Alzheimer's disease.

What’s the difference?

Someone with Alzheimer’s symptoms

Someone with normal, age-related memory changes

Forgets whole experiences

Forgets part of an experience

Rarely remembers later

Often remembers later

Is gradually unable to follow written/ spoken directions

Is usually able to follow written/spoken directions

Is gradually unable to use notes

Is usually able to use notes

Is gradually unable to care for self

Is usually able to care for self
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The disease is kind a bothering. But the least we can do for our elders is to give the love and respect that they deserve even if they don\'t remember us anymore due to this kind of illness. Thank you for posting this.

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