Modified Report

2. 
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a slowly
progressive disease of the brain that
is characterized by impairment of
memory and eventually by
disturbances in reasoning, planning,
language, and perception.

4.  The
likelihood of having
Alzheimer's disease increases
substantially after the age of
70 and may affect around 50%
of persons over the age of 85.

5.  The
main risk factor for
Alzheimer's disease is
increased age. There are
also genetic risk factors and
others.

6. 
There are 10 classic warning signs of
Alzheimer's disease: memory loss,
difficulty performing familiar tasks,
problems with language,
disorientation to time and place, poor
or decreased judgment, problems with
abstract thinking, misplacing things,
changes in mood or behavior, changes
in personality, and loss of initiative.

7. 
Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed when: 1) a
person has sufficient cognitive decline to
meet criteria for dementia; 2) the clinical
course is consistent with that of Alzheimer's
disease; 3) no other brain diseases or other
processes are better explanations for the
dementia. Many other causes of dementia are
screened for prior to diagnosing Alzheimer's
disease.

8. Pre-dementia
The first symptoms are often mistakenly
attributed to ageing or stress.[5] Detailed
neuropsychological testing can reveal mild
cognitive difficulties up to eight years before a
person fulfils the clinical criteria for diagnosis of
AD.These early symptoms can affect the most
complex daily living activities.The most noticeable
deficit is memory loss, which shows up as difficulty
in remembering recently learned facts and inability
to acquire new information
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9. Early
In people with AD the increasing
impairment of learning and memory eventually
leads to a definitive diagnosis. In a small
portion of them, difficulties with language,
executive functions, perception (agnosia), or
execution of movements (apraxia) are more
prominent than memory problems.
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10. 
Moderate
Progressive deterioration eventually
hinders independence, with subjects being
unable to perform most common activities of
daily living.

11. 
Advanced
During the final stage of AD, the person is
completely dependent upon caregivers