Try: Because alzheimer’s disease ad causes brain cells to die the brain works less well over time this changes how a person acts you will notice that he or she will have good days and bad days here are some common personality changes you may see getting upset worried and angry more easily acting depressed or not interested in things hiding things or believing other people are hiding things imagining things that aren’t there wandering away from home pacing a lot of the time showing unusual sexual behavior hitting you or other people misunderstanding what he or she sees or hears also you may notice that the person stops caring about how he or she looks stops bathing and wants to wear the same clothes every day information references "caring for a person with alzheimer’s disease your easy-to-use guide from the national institute on aging" by national institute on aging 2011 available at www nia nih gov
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Categories: Sage, Topic, Behavior Challenging, Communication, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Verbal Communication, So-So Verbal Comm, Poor Verbal Comm, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory
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Keywords: Memory loss cognitive impairment communication personality behavior frustration words feelings facial expressions upset confused angry sad challenging behavior personality
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