Alzheimer’s disease describes a condition named after its discoverer, Alois Alzheimer. In 1907 he wrote a textbook study of a woman of 51 who had died of dementia, and whose brain he had subjected to microscopic analysis.
The examination showed changes Alzheimer had never witnessed before. Parts of the brain showed tangling and other parts [...]

Clinical Neuropsychologist Nicola Gates discusses the common signs and behaviours associated with the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease in people requiring aged care.