Are people who are diagnosed with Alzheimers Disease unable to take care of themselves?
Not necessarily. Progress in medical science is allowing for more and more people to be diagnosed in the earlier mild stages of the disease. Alzheimer’s Disease affects people in different ways, making it difficult for medical professionals to predict how an individual’s disease will progress. Some experts classify the disease by stage (early, middle and late). But specific behaviors and how long they last vary greatly, even within each stage of the disease. Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease will eventually be unable to care for themselves – if they live long enough with the disease.
