Joan, there are seven stages of alzheimers. You can find the information on the internet by googling stages of alzheimers and it will describe each stage. Goodluck

Even with descriptors of stages, it's rarely, if ever, clear cut. I think of the stages as a bunch of fields. A person will probably spend most of their time in one field e.g. field 4 (their symptoms mostly match those described as stage 4). On good days (when their symptoms are less severe), I think of it as them revisiting field 3. On other days (when the symptoms are worse), they've strayed into field 5. As the disease progresses, they will spend more time in field 5, popping back to visit field 4 and sometimes wandering into field 6.
It makes more sense in my head to think of it this way!

My dad cant talk or walk he is in a broda chair he still feeds himself, however, that is becoming a challenge. He has good days and bad. sometimes he can say a whole sentence other days he just stares at you. the one sentence that he has not forgotten yet is " I love you" I'd say he's in the last stage but this stage is a long one. He has had Alzheimer's for 13 years.

Hi, I just looked up teepa snow and its got lots of useful info and resources.
Loved the gem rating but still hard to define where Mum is as it can change from hour to hour .

Thanks. I think my husband is in an early stage as he still recalls a lot of the past but seems to forget a lot of the present and cannot remember where he puts anything. However since he started taking Donnacept he has improved and doesn't get so frustrated anymore.