Alzheimer's Disease

 

Alzheimer's disease (AD), also known as Alzheimer disease, or just Alzheimer's, accounts for 60% to 70% of cases of dementia

It is a chronic degenerative disease that usually starts slowly and gets worse over time.

 The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events (Short -Term Memory loss)

As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems with language,disorientation (including easily getting lost),mood swings, loss of motivation, not managing self care and behavioural issues

As a person's condition declines, they often withdraw from family and society.


Gradually, bodily functions are lost, ultimately leading to death.

Although the speed of progression can vary, the average life expectancy following diagnosis is three to nine years


Still Alice is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland based on Lisa Genova's 2007 bestselling  Novel of the same name

 

The film stars Julianne Moore as Alice Howland, a  Linguistics Professor at Columbia diagnosed with familial Alzeimer's Disease
Alec Baldwin plays her husband, John, and Kristen Stewart,Kaste Bosworth and Hunter Parrish play her children, Lydia, Anna and Tom.

Julianne Moore won the Best actress award at the Academy Awards and BAFTA