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Alzheimer’ s disease is rarely understood and nobody knows what causes it. Like several other diseases that we are more likely to get as we age, there are some risk factors for Alzheimer’ s disease. Unfortunately, however, there is not a modifiable risk factor of Alzheimer’ s disease.

Age

The number one risk factor of Alzheimer’ s disease is age. Some people do get Alzheimer’ s disease in their 30′ s or 40′ s, but the real risk begins to increase after age 65. Once you reach 85, you have about a 50-50 chance of having Alzheimer’ s disease.

Gender

Being female is a risk factor for Alzheimer’ s disease. For a while, people thought that there were more women with Alzheimer’ s disease than men because women live longer, so there are just more old women than old men. Careful analysis has shown, however, women just have more of a risk factor for Alzheimer’ s disease than men do.

Family History

Another risk factor of Alzheimer’ s disease is family history. If you have parents, brothers or sisters with Alzheimer’ s disease, your risk of getting it, too, is increased. If one of your close relatives was diagnosed with Alzheimer’ s disease at an early age, your risk is even higher because it may be familial Alzheimer’ s disease. Familial Alzheimer’ s disease ……

Read more here …… Do You Have One or More Risk factor of Alzheimers disease?

In many families, one member is often the primary Alzheimer’ s caregiver, but what happens if that family member is unprepared? If you are that person, then the best thing you can do is to arm yourself with information about Alzheimer’ s disease. Here are some helpful tips you can use to become an effective Alzheimer’ s caregiver.

Research, Research, Research!

Talk to the patient’ s physician and ask all the questions you have about the symptoms, possible medical treatments, and other alternatives. Request the doctor to provide you a list of related literature and other informational materials on Alzheimer’ s disease.

Conduct in-depth research into your community’ s medical facilities, from the expertise of the physicians to the medical equipment used. Keep this information, addresses, and telephone numbers within reach at all times.

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Read more here …… How to be an Effective Alzheimers Caregiver