There are various definitions of Alzheimer s disease including:
– The slow onset of memory loss leading to a gradual progression to a loss of judgement and changes in behaviour and temperament.
– A living death
– The global impairment of higher functions, including memory, the capacity to solve problems of day to day living, the performance of learned percepto-motor skills (for example tasks like washing, dressing and eating), and the control of emotional reactions in the absence of gross clouding of consciousness.
Memory Loss
Memory loss occurs in all cases of Alzheimers disease. The most recent memories are the first to be affected, the things weve done in the last few hours or days. Later, as the disease progresses, the past memory also deteriorates.
The fact that memory loss is such an important feature of Alzheimers, the testing of a persons memory is an easy and cheap method of diagnosing the condition. Questions asked should be extremely basic, for example:
– What day is it today?
– How old are you?
– Where are we now?
– What year is it?
– What...
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