Alzheimers Disease Misconceptions

While it's normal to lose some memory functions, dementia is not a normal part of aging. Dementia, which includes Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, are disease processes.

People think that when you get old it’s normal for you to forget things, but we must remember that Alzheimer’s disease is not a normal part of aging. You know when I speak to people I say, “Look, if you grow older your body and your abilities change. And one of the challenges of growing older is to keep yourself fit, physically and mentally. Dementia is not a normal part of aging. Sometimes we have to try harder to learn new things as we grow older and sometimes we take as a greater effort to recall things. So when you at normal aging, you’re going to lose a little bit of functioning, but Dementia itself which is embraces Alzheimer’s disease, vascular, dementia none of these are normal parts of aging. They are a disease process that needs to be diagnosed and treated.