The onset of Alzheimer's disease is usually gradual and itis slowly
progressive. Memory problems that family members initially dismiss as"a
normal part of aging" are in retrospect noted by the family to bethe first
stages of Alzheimer's disease. When memory and other problems withthinking
start to consistently affect the usual level of functioning; familiesbegin to
suspect that something more than "normal aging" is going on.Problems
of memory, particularly for recent events ( short–term memory ) arecommon early
in the course of Alzheimer's disease.
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