During the middle stage, these early stage symptoms get worse. Also, most people begin to have trouble communicating. This is the time when some of the difficult behaviors that I will talk about shortly start to show up.

In the final stage, people lose control of their bodily functions such as their ability to swallow. They will become more and more immobile, and will not even respond to their outside world. Sadly, stage 3 is the time when the person will eventually die, if not directly from Alzheimer’s, then from the fact that the disease begins to affect the working of all the body’s organs, such as the lungs, kidneys, or heart.

Caregivers need help too!
Just as no two people with Alzheimer’s disease are alike, no two caregivers experience giving care in the same way. Use this website to find help with difficult behaviors that you are seeing now, and come back another time when new behaviors happen.