Alzheimer’s Diagnosis According to the Alzheimer's Organization, less than fifty percent of patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and their caregivers indicate that patients have a knowledge of their disease. Alzheimer’s is a progressive deterioration of the brain that causes memory loss and can happen during the middle or later years of a person’s life. Alzheimer’s patients deserve to be informed about their disease so that they can start to plan activities, get early treatment, and make financial decisions. The first benefit of patients being informed about Alzheimer’s diagnosis early on is that it gives patients time to make sound judgements on financial and medical decisions while they are still able. According to the article “The Pros