Things an Alzheimer's
Patient can do:
Things an Alzheimer's
Patient cannot do:
  • Perform simple tasks
  • Enjoy previous hobbies, if somewhat modified
  • Enjoy favorite foods, music and activities
  • Show love and affection
  • Experience emotions such as sadness, fear, loneliness and anger
  • Accuse others of false actions and behaviors
  • Act suspiciously toward other people
  • Lose or hide items
  • Curse, strike out, cry, spit or act inappropriately
  • Respond to voice tone and eye contact
  • Experience pain or discomfort from other conditions
  • Respond to supportive, predictable environment
  • Communicate clearly
  • Understand fragmented or abstract thoughts
  • Understand sarcasm or humor
  • Understand open-ended questions
  • Express him/herself coherently
  • Cooperate consistently
  • Respond to reason
  • Learn new things
  • Make decisions
  • Drive, as the disease progresses
  • Recognize familiar objects or people
  • Understand what an object is
  • Complete a task without directions
  • Comprehend complex orders
  • Maintain past skills
  • Control all actions
  • Participate in conversations in the later stages