Almost everybody’s has heard of Alzheimer’s, but this debilitating and complex condition is still often misunderstood.
Classed as a neurological disorder, it causes memory loss and cognitive decline, which usually starts slowly and gradually worsens over time.
Understanding what it’s really like to live with Alzheimer’s can be difficult, as there’s lots of misinformation about the disease and many myths still prevail.
Here, with help from the Alzheimer’s Society, the fact is sorted from the fiction…