Alzheimer’s care overland park Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, a neurologic disease characterized by loss of mental ability severe enough to interfere with normal activities of daily living. Alzheimer's usually occurs in old age and is marked by a decline in cognitive functions such as remembering, reasoning and planning.
The key signs of Alzheimer's disease are:
* 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
* Loss of initiative