Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia; accounting for around 60-80% of cases.
- Difficulty remembering recent conversations, names or events.
- Apathy and depression
- Impaired communication
- poor judgement
- behaviour changes
- difficulty speaking / swallowing and walking
Deposits of protein fragment beta-amyloid plaques and twisted strands of protein tau (tangles) as well as evidence of nerve cell damage and death.