- Introduction
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Prevention
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Caregiving
- Coping with Emotional Changes
- Coping with Memory Loss
- Costs and Insurance
- Creating a Daily Routine
- Exercise
- Health and Wellbeing of the Caregiver
- Home Safety Adjustments
- Mental Exercises
- Respite Care
- Talking to Children about Alzheimer's
- Talking to Friends about Alzheimer's
- Telling Someone They Have Alzheimer's
- Transition to Assisted Living
- Transition to Nursing Home
- Work
- Related Conditions
- Resources
How To Keep The Mind Active With Alzheimer's Disease?
2006 marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most defining moments in the history of Alzheimers disease. In 1906, Dr. Alois Alzheimer, a German physician who was conducting an autopsy on the brain of a woman in her 50s who had shown severe memory, language and behavior problems, found and identified the plaques and tangles that characterize Alzheimers disease. Earlier scientists had observed similar markers of dementia, but the significance of Alzheimers findings led to the diseases...
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