Reflection on Paragraph Findings

Based on the research that I have done, I found out that there was a lot of information that I did not know about Alzheimer's disease. Many people do not understand the severity of this disease, and the toll it takes on people and their families. I have learned that people between the ages of 60 and 80 are the people who are mostly targeted. Out of that age group, women above the age of 65 are the most commonly found Alzheimer's patients. Doing this research has taught me that there are ways in which you can prevent this disease, but they are not always one hundred percent effective. Some of these ways include exercising, doing mind stimulating activities, and playing games to help keep your mind focused and organized. There are also many vitamins that you can take to help slow the chances of you getting this disease, these include the following; Folic acids, vitamin B12, vitamin D, and fish oils. While these vitamins are set out to help you, there are also vitamins such as, vitamin E, gingko, biloba, and tumeric that do not help you. Since there are ways to prevent this disease, I thought that the number of people being diagnosed would start to drop; but they have not, they have done the complete opposite. The number of people that have Alzheimer's disease has gone up in the past twenty years and it has stared to spread into other parts of the world. Although there are many ways to prevent this disease, Alzheimer's can come as a surprise to many. There are many people and organizations who are there to help any one who has this disease, or a family member who is having to take care of a person who has Alzheimer's. There is a great deal of information that I have learned through this research and there are plenty more questions that I have, that I have yet to find an answer to. By continuing my research, I hope to obtain more knowledge of this disease, that may some day help a suffering patient or family member with Alzheimer's.