What Is Alzheimer’s

Posted on November 20, 2008
Filed Under Aging | Leave a Comment

Alzheimer’s disease is a disease of the brain and not a mental illness. It is a medical condition which as such, responds to medication and non-medicated approaches to relieving the symptoms and even stalling the progression of Alzheimers.

Alzheimer’s disease disease can act differently in different patients. Some experience a slow progression of the disease and others may watch as their loved ones goes rapidly through the stages of the disease, seemingly changing right before their eyes.

The same treatments for Alzheimer’s disease may not always have the same result or work for the same amount of time for different people.

It doesn’t make sense to argue with or try to reason with someone suffering from Alzheimerâ€™s because in order for the individual with Alzheimer’s to argue or reason back they would have to be able to understand, remember and process what is being said and this is just not possible.

To make life easier for theÂ patient in the early or middle stages of the disease break up tasks into smaller steps so that the entire task will not seem quite as overwhelming to them.

We all tend to “temporarily” forget things from time to time. When these “senior moments” change from being only a nuisance to perhaps something more serious is when they start to interfere in your daily life. If this happens then those moments may be something more serious such as a manifestation of Alzheimer’s symptoms.

Buzz Up Digg Mixx Twitter

Email Print