How does Alzheimer's disease effect a persons personality?

Answer 1

With one person, the first thing we noticed was he stopped keeping his house immaculate. Otherwise, he remained the same. Then after a few years he let his outside activities drop. He owned his business, he became less interested in its operation. Then 15 years after he had let his house start to slide, he stopped his vacations. Then 2 years later, his wife hired round the clock help. A year later he hit one and they moved into assisted living. As his mind continued to go, this fussy eater and dictator became pleasant and started eating everything on the menu. His wife died and he tried to make out with every old widow in the assisted living center. He recognized people and knew their names but could not carry on a conversation. Toward the end, he became bed ridden. He could whisper but could not swallow. Then he died.

Answer 2

They lose the ability to do common things that require basic mental processing.