Severe dementia due to Alzheimer's disease

In the late stage of the disease, called severe dementia due to Alzheimer's disease, mental function continues to decline. The disease also causes more issues with movement and physical capabilities.

In late-stage severe dementia due to Alzheimer's disease, people generally:

• Lose the ability to communicate. Individuals can no longer converse or speak in ways that make sense. They may only occasionally say words or phrases.
• Require daily assistance with personal care. This includes total assistance with eating, dressing, using the bathroom and all other daily self-care tasks.
• Experience a decline in physical abilities. People in this stage may become unable to walk without assistance. They may even be unable to sit or hold up their head without support. Muscles may become rigid and reflexes don't respond in the usual way. Eventually, a person loses the ability to swallow and to control bladder and bowel functions