What do Alzheimer's patients remember and why?

I have an 80 year old grandmother diagnosed with Alzheimer's. She still lives with us and ive seen her memory gradually weaken over the past 10 years. read more

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, it usually begin with impairment of short-term memory and gradually increase in severity and eventually most memory is involved. It is a over-simplified statement to said that AD affects memory, which in fact, it affect cognitions. read more

Alzheimer's disease affects recent memories first. The retention of new information is most affected, while recollections of things that happened in the past are much more resistant. The loss of recent events is often one of the first, if not the first, symptom of the disease. read more

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, a general term for a decline in mental abilities. With Alzheimer’s disease, someone will experience a decline their abilities to: remember; think; judge; speak, or find words; problem solve; express themselves; move; In the early stages, Alzheimer’s disease can interfere with day-to-day tasks. read more