Alzheimer's Disease.

Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a chronic, degenerative disease that is characterized by the loss of cognition. AD that occurs before the age of 60 is known as pre-senile dementia. If AD occurs after the age of 60, it is known as senile dementia. AD accounts for more than 60% of all dementias (Taber's 81). AD is the "...process of mental wasting while motor functions remain intact" (Tyrer 215). Because of this mental wasting, AD in late stages tends …

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