What are the stages of Alzheimer's disease?

What are the stages of Alzheimer's disease?

Gus Alva (Medical Director, ATP Clinical Research) gives expert video advice on: What is "Alzheimer's disease"?; How can I identify the first stage of Alzheimer's disease?; What happens to the brain of an Alzheimer's patient? and more...

Alzheimer's goes through three diffferent main stages, mild, moderate, and severe. Most people, unfortunately, aren't caught in the milder stage. The mild stage of Alzheimer's typically lasts maybe two to four years. The moderate stage is the one that lasts a little longer and the one that most people oftentimes get identified is in the clinical setting, and that can be as long as ten years, even. The severe stage typically also lasts a brief period of time, two to four years at the top. But, in essense, the individual that's now reached that greater severity staging of Alzheimer's now requires somebody else to procure for their basic needs. In other words, they rely on someone else to get dressed, eat, and care for themselves.