Nursing Mnemonics: 5 As To Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

Nursing Mnemonics: 5 As To Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

• Amnesia
• Anomia
• Apraxia
• Aphasia
• Agnosia

Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 60% to 70% of cases of dementia.
In Alzheimer’s disease, the brain cells themselves degenerate and die, causing a steady decline in memory and mental function.