Alzheimer's is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behaviour.

Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time, becoming severe enough to interfere with daily tasks. Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other intellectual abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer's disease accounts for 50 to 80 percent of dementia cases.

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Alzheimer's is a progressive disease, where dementia symptoms gradually worsen over a number of years. In its early stages, memory loss is mild, but with late-stage Alzheimer's, individuals lose the ability to carry on a conversation and respond to their environment. Alzheimer's is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Those with Alzheimer's live an average of eight years after their symptoms become noticeable to others, but survival can range from four to 20 years, depending on age and other health conditions.

There are currently 800,000 people with dementia in the UK. There are over 17,000 younger people with dementia in the UK. There are over 11,500 people with dementia from black and minority ethnic groups in the UK. There will be over a million people with dementia by 2021. Two thirds of people with dementia are women. The proportion of people with dementia doubles for every 5 year age group. One third of people over 95 have dementia.

60,000 deaths a year are directly attributable to dementia. Delaying the onset of dementia by 5 years would reduce deaths directly attributable to dementia by 30,000 a year. The financial cost of dementia to the UK will be over 23 billion in 2012. There are 670,000 carers of people with dementia in the UK Family carers of people with dementia save the UK over 8 billion a year. 64% of people living in care homes have a form of dementia. Two thirds of people with dementia live in the community while one third live in a care home.

Seeing as theres already medication to slow to down the process and stages of Alzheimer's, we can assume that a cure must be possible. Also because 64% of people living in care homes have a form of dementia, with the use of funding, more technology can be produced for use of the home to help them integrate with society.

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