Why do individuals with Alzheimer’s disease become so isolated?

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The Advocate has a great article about why Alzheimer’s patients become so isolated:

For the most part, when someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. friends and family members become afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing around them so they avoid contact altogether. Socialization dwindles, and the individual becomes isolated and alone.

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Monkeys with Alzheimer’s

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Humans were long believed to be the only animals to get Alzheimer’s disease. But recent research suggests that one of our close relatives, the chimpanzee, may also develop very similar hallmarks of the illness.

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