Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive, degenerative disease that damages the memory, thinking and behavior in someone. The person with AD may experience confusion, personality and behavior changes, damage the decision making in someone, and difficulty thinking of words, finishing thoughts or following directions. It eventually leaves the person unable of caring for himself or herself. The nerve cells in the part of the brain that controls memory, thinking, are damaged, …showed first 75 words of 409 total…

…showed last 75 words of 409 total…bogus treatments continue to sell. People with Alzheimer's disease may live from 2 to 20 years after the beginning of the memory loss symptoms. It shortens someone’s life span, but given good care, people often stay alive for many years. Death can't always be told until the very deadly stages. It is common for patients in a deadly stage to lose weight, to have difficulty swallowing, controlling when to use the restroom, and walking and speaking.