| One of the most common forms of dementia,
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| | noticeable memory and cognitive problems,
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| Alzheimer's disease stages progress
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| | as well as personality changes. The
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| towards the death of the patient. This
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| | afflicted person will often repeat
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| degenerative, debilitating neurological
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| | questions, lose things, be disoriented
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| disorder is thus far incurable.
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| | and have ever more common disruptions in
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| Affecting the lives of anyone who
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| | their mental faculties. They will
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| encounters the patient, the effects of
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| | experience a loss of their ability to
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| the disease can be draining for the
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| | understand or respond to language, both
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| caregiver as well as the patient. Three
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| | written and verbal. Anger often crops up
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| Alzheimer's disease stages are generally
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| | during this stage, and the frustration of
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| agreed to exist, though some break these
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| | the sufferer is understandable in this
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| three down into substages.
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| | Alzheimer's disease stage.
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| Forgetting names, including those
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| | Behavior changes are seen frequently in
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| belonging to people and things are
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| | this stage of Alzheimer's disease, and
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| commonly seen in the early stage of this
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| | there will be a sharp drop in their
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| disorder - and this is when most patients
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| | ability to take care of themselves - they
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| are diagnosed. The first thing to go,
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| | will begin to need help taking care of
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| studies have shown, is the memory of
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| | daily tasks like bathing and eating.
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| smells. These memory lapses increase in
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| | The last Alzheimer's disease stage is
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| frequency along with the progression of
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| | characterized by a near complete loss of
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| the disease.
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| | the ability to function mentally and
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| In the early stage, the patient is often
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| | physically. The patient is essentially
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| aware of his or her symptoms, but will
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| | unrecognizable as the person they were
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| often be in denial and try to find ways
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| | before the disease took hold of them due
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| to cover for their memory losses. This
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| | to the extensive brain damage which has
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| can lead to stress as they may be angry
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| | occurred by this time.
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| with themselves for these lapses. It can
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| | Care is needed nearly around the clock in
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| also be because they know and fear what
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| | this final Alzheimer's disease stage,
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| awaits them, for which surely they cannot
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| | which leads to the caregiver being
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| be blamed.
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| | utterly exhausted. Once reaching this
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| In the early Alzheimer's disease stage,
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| | stage, the majority of patients will be
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| the patient will have memory lapses
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| | receiving care from professionals at a
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| though while not insignificant, do not
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| | hospital or hospice. This is a difficult
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| yet prevent them from going about their
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| | decision to be made by the patient's
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| daily life. The early Alzheimer's disease
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| | loved ones. but continuing home care will
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| stage can last quite some time, even
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| | not change the progress of the disease,
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| years.
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| | and will almost certainly have a
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| Upon arriving at the middle stage of the
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| | deleterious effect on the caregiver at
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| disease, the patient will have some
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| | this point.
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