AlzheimersQ

Alzheimer's disease is a type of dementia. Generally, dementia is a decline in thinking, reasoning, and/or remembering. People with dementia have difficulty carrying out daily tasks they have performed routinely and independently throughout their lives.

Managing money can be challenging in the best of circumstances. But for someone with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease a form of dementia that affects thinking, memory and behavior money management can be an impossible task.

High blood pressure, commonly referred to as the “silent killer,” often has no symptoms and greatly increases risk for heart attack and stroke. The good news is that high blood pressure can be diagnosed very easily and controlled with lifestyle changes and medication, when necessary.

One of the most mysterious and discouraging ailments is Alzheimer’s disease (AD), “a progressive, degenerative brain disease” affecting the memory, thinking, and behavior of more than four million Americans

What are the effects of vascular dementia? The effects of vascular dementia depends on which parts of the brain are affected. Most commonly, people will have difficulty with concentrating or remembering things.

The truth of his words becomes evident when we reflect on what makes Alzheimer’s disease dementia a disease. An essential feature of a disease is that patients tell a story of suffering.

German physician Alois Alzheimer, a pioneer in linking symptoms to microscopic brain changes, describes the haunting case of Auguste D., a patient who had profound memory loss, unfounded suspicions about her family, and other worsening psychological changes