Alzheimer Disease (cont.)
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- When to Seek Medical Care
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Alzheimer Disease Treatment
There is no cure for Alzheimer disease. Treatment focuses on relieving and slowing down the progress of the symptoms, behavior changes, and complications.
An individual with AD should always be under medical care. Much of the day-to-day care, however, is handled by family caregivers. Medical care should focus on optimizing the individual's health, safety, and quality of life while helping family members cope with the many challenges of caring for a loved one with AD. Treatment most often consists of medications and nondrug treatments such as behavior therapy.
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Alzheimer disease (Alzheimer’s disease, AD), the most common cause of dementia1, is an acquired cognitive and behavioral impairment of sufficient severity that markedly interferes with social and occupational functioning.
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