Alzheimer Trivia!

What is Alzheimer's?

• A disease of the brain that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior

• Deterioration of the brain causing lack of emotion and physical abilities

Alzheimer's and Dementia are the same thing

• True

• False

What raises the risk of Alzheimer's?

• Cardiovascular disease

• Head injury

• Diabetes

• All of the above

______ can be a cause of the Alzheimer's disease.

• Environmental factors

• Genetics

• All of the above

How to prevent Alzheimer's?

• Excercise

• Active social life

• Healthy diet

• All of the above

When does Alzheimer's start?

• 1+ years after memory loss

• 5+ years after memory loss

• 20+ years after memory loss

What protects the brain more?

• Learning a new skill

• Crossword puzzles

• Sleeping

• Healthy diet

If someone in your family has dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, you will have it too.

• True

• False

Only the elderly can get Alzheimer's

• True

• False

Alzheimer's is the __ most common cause of death in the U.S.

• 2nd

• 5th

• 4th

• 6th