It has been a long time since you last cleared up your closet. However, that is not a big issue since you have enough time to spare and can complete this task as and when you feel. At the age of 65 and leading a retired life, nobody can be happier than you. There are no financial problems and you do not have to depend on your kids for your financial needs since you get your monthly pension. At times there are some odd feelings, but you cannot locate or pinpoint them.

Having nothing else to do, you decide to clear up the closet immediately. Fetching the keys from the cupboard, you stop for a moment to attend someone who has just arrived at the front door and has rung the doorbell. Keeping the keys aside you receive the letters from the postman and keep them carefully. Now back to cleaning the closet … but where are the keys? Just a few minutes ago you had kept them somewhere, prior to opening the door, but now you cannot recall where you had stored them. Maybe you have kept them on the table along with the letters.

You are aghast when you scan the table for the important letters are not over there. You scratch your head and try to recall where you had stored these two things. Try as you might, you cannot recall and your memory fails you. You treat this lightly and think that this is a temporary memory failure due to old age. However, you should take all possible precautions and consult the doctor immediately. These are the first signs of Alzheimer’s disease and it one of the most common and important cause of senile dementia. For those who do not know the meaning of the word ‘dementia’, it is an attribute that causes irreversible and progressive loss of the brain’s functioning.

This causes sudden losses of memory along with problems in speech and social skills as well. Alzheimer’s disease, which is also commonly known as Alzheimer’s generally affects old people and is rare among young people. Though researchers have found out a lot about this disease and know which particular brain cells die and degenerate during the course of Alzheimer’s disease, little is known about why this disease is caused or what triggers Alzheimer’s. In some extreme and rare cases it has been observed that Alzheimer’s is due to hereditary factor, but this cannot be said to be true for the majority of cases.

There are some other causes of dementia but they need to be isolated and distinguished if they are Alzheimer’s disease. If they are not, then they can be wholly or partly reversible. One should not try to assess these situations by themselves but seek the advice of a specialist who can help to identify this disease. This is the time when you near and dear ones should take care of you and bear with you. Your actions might frustrate your near and dear ones and to pull things together, lots of understanding and patience is required.