Alz Facts

Dementia vs Alzheimer's

I rely heavily on the Alzheimer's Organization website for my research into understanding this disease.

Please view their definitions of the difference between dementia vs Alzheimer's.

http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_1973.asp

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Stages - Alz.org

Different organizations have different views on the stages of Alzheimer's.

Alz.org uses a 3-stage stance:

• mild
• moderate
• severe

Follow this link to read more about their definitions of this disease.

According to these stages, our mom is late moderate/early severe.

Stages - Alzheimers.net

The team at Alzeimers.net have described 7 stages of the disease.

Follow this link to read more about their definition of the 7 stages of Alzheimer's.