| Alzheimer's disease is an illness that
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| | ability to plan events such as dinner,
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| sneaks in and attacks a victim without
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| | decreased memory of personal history, and
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| warning. Once it establishes its
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| | social withdrawal from close
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| foundation it slowly robs the victim of
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| | friends.Stage FiveModerate to severe
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| time, energy, function, and perhaps the
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| | cognitive decline. This is also called
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| most precious thing of all, memories.It
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| | moderate or main stage Alzheimer's
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| seems the old adage, "No one can take
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| | disease. Memory deficits are much more
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| this from you," doesn't hold true
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| | severe during this stage. The health
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| anymore. Alzheimer's disease starts with
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| | care provider can usually detect
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| mild symptoms, and slowly progresses and
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| | Alzheimer's disease very easily during
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| interferes with everyday functioning and
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| | this stage. Common symptoms include
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| even impairs simple judgment and
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| | inability to recall important details in
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| movement.The seven stages of Alzheimer's
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| | personal life such as address or phone
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| disease have been documented in
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| | number, counting backwards, difficulty in
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| correspondence directly with underlying
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| | choosing clothing for the season or
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| nerve cell degeneration. The damage to
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| | current weather conditions, forgetting
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| nerve cells began to affect the victim
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| | where common items are placed such as car
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| with memory and learning. Nerve cell
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| | keys, television remotes, and other items
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| damage gradually affects every day
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| | used commonly.Stage SixSevere cognitive
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| thinking, judgment, and behavior.
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| | deficits. This is also called moderate
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| Alzheimer's disease is unique in that it
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| | to severe or main stage Alzheimer's
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| does not manifest itself with the same
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| | disease. Memory difficulties are worse
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| symptoms in every victim. Many times, a
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| | than stage five. Individuals'
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| person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease
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| | personalities are affected and they may
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| will not show signs of their illness for
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| | begin to withdraw or manifest severe
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| years after diagnosis. Survival of
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| | personality changes or disorders. The
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| victims once diagnosed, can be anywhere
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| | health care professional will commonly
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| from three to twenty years. Medical
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| | detect inability to recall current events
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| science has established a Global
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| | and events that took place in the last
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| Deterioration Scale, which corresponds
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| | three months, inability to recall
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| directly with underlying nerve cell
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| | personal history, inability to recognize
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| damage that takes place with Alzheimer's
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| | close family members consistently,
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| disease.Global Deterioration ScaleStage
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| | inability to dress for current weather
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| OneNo signs of impairment. During this
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| | conditions, and difficulty or inability
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| stage, individuals will typically show no
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| | to perform personal hygiene tasks. The
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| signs of memory or impairment of
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| | individual may also show signs of
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| judgement. They present no evidence of
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| | wandering, or hallucinating
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| Alzheimer's disease to the health care
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| | intermittently.Stage SevenVery severe
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| professional.Stage TwoMild cognitive
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| | cognitive deficits. This is also called
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| impairment. Individuals in this stage
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| | severe or late stage Alzheimer's disease.
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| will typically present with very mild
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| | This is the final stage of Alzheimer's
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| symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
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| | disease and manifests itself in
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| Symptoms during this stage will typically
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| | individuals with inability to respond
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| manifest themselves with short memory
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| | properly to their environment, inability
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| lapses, such as forgiving everyday items
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| | to speak properly, inability to complete
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| such as car keys, and television remotes.
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| | coordinated muscle movements. The health
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| It is difficult to detect symptoms at
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| | care provider will also commonly detect
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| this stage for the health care
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| | an individual's inability to speak
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| professional.Stage ThreeThis is the stage
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| | clearly, recall current events, recognize
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| where individuals began to show
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| | close family members consistently,
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| consistent signs of Alzheimer's disease
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| | inability or severe difficulty with
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| to family, and may be easily detected by
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| | walking or transferring, and inability to
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| the health care professional. Detecting
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| | swallow.The Global Deterioration Scale is
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| Alzheimer's disease during this stage
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| | a system developed by medical
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| will usually be noticed by close family
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| | professionals and helps to categorize
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| members, or the closest of friends of the
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| | each individual in a certain stage of
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| individual. Common symptoms during this
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| | this unique disease. Proper diagnosis
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| stage may be forgetting simple short
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| | and determination of which stage an
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| passages of reading material, misplacing
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| | individual may be in is critical to the
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| common everyday items, decrease in
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| | proper care of the individual. The
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| ability to organize and plan events,
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| | improvement and rehabilitation of each
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| difficulty in remembering names of new
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| | individual is dependent upon proper
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| people, and not finding the right words
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| | diagnosis and placement within the proper
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| during discussions with other
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| | stage. Some individuals have been
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| people.Stage FourModerate cognitive
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| | documented to show some level of
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| deficits. This is also called mild or
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| | improvement with proper
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| early stage Alzheimer's disease. During
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| | intervention.William Riopelle, MS PT, is
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| this stage a health care professional
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| | a senior physical therapist with over
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| will detect deficiencies and knowledge of
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| | twelve years experience working with
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| recent current events, difficulty to
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| | people in the area of Home Health.
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| perform easy mental arithmetic, decreased
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