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Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 60% of dementia and it’s fatal. 40% with early-onset Alzheimer’s exhibit apathy about their life and condition. Dementia is a nonreversible decline in mental function – it’s an umbrella term under which Alzheimer’s falls. 14 million – the number of American’s expected to have Alzheimer’s by 2050. To be called dementia, the disorder must be severe enough to interfere with daily life according to Constantine George Lyketsos, M.D., director of the Johns Hopkins Memory and Alzheimer’s…..
Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative brain disease characterized by progressive mental deterioration and memory loss. (Merrian-Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus.) When I read this statement a quote comes to mind. “O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!” Walter Scott may not have been thinking of Alzheimer’s when he coined the phrase. Unfortunately, and ironically, this quote seems appropriate for Alzheimer’s, especially when referring to the tangles forming in our brains from the accumulation of dead…..