{"id":18105,"date":"2021-05-04T09:32:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T13:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18105"},"modified":"2021-05-04T09:32:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T13:32:16","slug":"what-is-alzheimers-disease-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18105","title":{"rendered":"What Is Alzheimer\u2019s Disease?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An estimated 6.2 million Americans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer&#8217;s dementia in 2021. Alzheimer\u2019s disease is a neurodegenerative disease; it is the most common form of dementia. There are seven stages of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, and understanding each stage is a valuable tool for caregivers. The attached article looks at each stage and breaks them down from its mildest form to the most severe. Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biospace.com\/article\/the-seven-stages-of-alzheimer-s-disease-explained\/\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7919\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-1024x663.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An estimated 6.2 million Americans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer&#8217;s dementia in 2021. Alzheimer\u2019s disease is a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alzheimersdementia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18106,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18105\/revisions\/18106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}