{"id":16660726552350,"date":"2026-03-09T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/alzheimers-when-adults-become-children-again\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T04:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:05:52","slug":"alzheimers-when-adults-become-children-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/alzheimers-when-adults-become-children-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Alzheimer&#8217;s: When adults become children again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"weltd-4060606800\" class=\"weltd-anfang-text-2 weltd-entity-placement\"><div id=\"traffective-ad-Mobile_Pos2\" style='display: none;' class=\"Mobile_Pos2\"><\/div><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16660726552350\" class=\"elementor elementor-16660726552350 elementor-140889\" 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data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-631ace3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"631ace3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3e3b42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"b3e3b42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-e7b86c8 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCorinna Trube\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-b4d2a45 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/2026\/03\/09\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>09.03.2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a54c917 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a54c917\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-285fb96c\" data-id=\"285fb96c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f24f6d0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f24f6d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An old man wanders through the house at night. He&#8217;s wearing five shirts on top of each other, his pockets are stuffed with dishes, towels and a toothbrush &#8211; and he wants to go to school. A woman suddenly shouts at her grown-up daughter, asks who she is and claims that she is stealing her things &#8211; only to cry like a little child shortly afterwards. Diagnosis in both cases: Alzheimer&#8217;s disease. Around 1.5 million people suffer from dementia in Germany alone. The German Alzheimer&#8217;s Society expects three million people to be affected by 2050 due to increasing life expectancy.<\/p><div id=\"weltd-1075051595\" class=\"weltd-mitte-text-2 weltd-entity-placement\"><div id=\"traffective-ad-Mobile_Pos3\" style='display: none;' class=\"Mobile_Pos3\"><\/div><\/div><h2>What happens in the brain?<\/h2><p>The generic term dementia refers to all clinical pictures in which the person affected almost completely loses their mental functions such as thinking, remembering, orientation and linking thought content. The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer&#8217;s dementia. Two thirds of those affected suffer from it. Nerve cell by nerve cell slowly dies in the brain. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/einsteins-brain-what-distinguishes-the-brain-of-a-genius-from-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brain<\/a>\n<\/span> years before the first symptoms appear.<\/p><p>The reason for the dying nerve cells is a faulty metabolic process in the body. Either excessive deposits of a protein are produced or the body does not properly break down the regularly occurring protein deposits. Like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/vorsicht-diese-beliebten-pflanzen-sind-hochgiftig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poison<\/a>, these then attack nerve cells, synapses and energy-providing mitochondria, which then die.<\/p><div id=\"weltd-1292268494\" class=\"weltd-anfang-text weltd-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1\" style='display: none;' class=\"Content_1\"><\/div><\/div><h2>What triggers the faulty metabolic process?<\/h2><p>Some doctors are still struggling to find the answer to this question. The causes of the very rare, early cases, which often occur within a family, are best known. Here, errors in the genetic material, so-called mutations, trigger the excessive production of protein proteins. The symptoms of hereditary Alzheimer&#8217;s disease usually appear before the age of 60.<\/p><p>Several factors play a role in non-hereditary Alzheimer&#8217;s dementia. The most important of these is age. Whereas only around one in a hundred 60-year-olds is affected, one in ten 80-year-olds suffers from Alzheimer&#8217;s, and one in three 90-year-olds. Genetic factors also play a role, but they do not cause the disease, they merely promote it. According to the German Alzheimer&#8217;s Society, those who have had little mental, social or physical exertion throughout their lives are also more susceptible to dementia.<\/p><p>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/en\/wounds-of-the-soul-what-happens-in-a-trauma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">psychiatrist<\/a>\n<\/span> Alois Alzheimer first discovered brain changes in his patient with dementia, Auguste Deter, over 100 years ago. At the time, he still thought he was dealing with a very rare disease. In 1996, doctors Volk, Gerbaldo and Maurer found Auguste D.&#8217;s medical records in the archives of the psychiatric clinic in Frankfurt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5372845 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5372845\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4502616 elementor-widget__width-inherit bdt-navigation-type-arrows-fraction elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdt-fancy-slider\" data-id=\"4502616\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bdt-fancy-slider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-4502616\" class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider bdt-arrows-dots-align-center\" data-settings=\"{&quot;loop&quot;:true,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;fadeEffect&quot;:{&quot;crossFade&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;slidesPerView&quot;:1,&quot;navigation&quot;:{&quot;nextEl&quot;:&quot;#bdt-ep-fancy-slider-4502616 .bdt-navigation-next&quot;,&quot;prevEl&quot;:&quot;#bdt-ep-fancy-slider-4502616 .bdt-navigation-prev&quot;},&quot;pagination&quot;:{&quot;el&quot;:&quot;#bdt-ep-fancy-slider-4502616 .swiper-pagination&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;fraction&quot;,&quot;clickable&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;dynamicBullets&quot;:false},&quot;scrollbar&quot;:{&quot;el&quot;:&quot;#bdt-ep-fancy-slider-4502616 .swiper-scrollbar&quot;,&quot;hide&quot;:&quot;true&quot;}}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-carousel swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"swiper-slide bdt-ep-fancy-slider-item elementor-repeater-item-fba59b9\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-img swiper-lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-2_imago_epd_20141219.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Auguste Deter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-2_imago_epd_20141219.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-2_imago_epd_20141219-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-2_imago_epd_20141219-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-2_imago_epd_20141219-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-2_imago_epd_20141219-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader swiper-lazy-preloader-white\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFoto: Imago \/ epd\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAuguste Deter\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Der Fall der Auguste Deter fesselt Alois Alzheimer. Auguste wird 1901 von ihrem Mann verwirrt und orientierungslos in die Anstalt gebracht. Die ist erst 51 Jahre alt, scheint ansonsten gesund. Nach ihrem Tod f\u00fcnf Jahre sp\u00e4ter untersucht Alzheimer ihr Gehirn und entdeckt massiven Zellschwund und ungew\u00f6hnliche Ablagerungen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"swiper-slide bdt-ep-fancy-slider-item elementor-repeater-item-9630dac\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-img swiper-lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-3_imago_Westend61_20141219.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Symptome \u2013 Leichtgradige Demenz\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-3_imago_Westend61_20141219.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-3_imago_Westend61_20141219-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-3_imago_Westend61_20141219-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-3_imago_Westend61_20141219-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-3_imago_Westend61_20141219-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader swiper-lazy-preloader-white\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFoto: Imago \/ Westend61\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSymptome \u2013 Leichtgradige Demenz\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Im fr\u00fchen Krankheitsstadium funktioniert vor allem das Kurzzeitged\u00e4chtnis nicht mehr richtig. Die Betroffenen vergessen dabei, \u00fcber was sie sich k\u00fcrzlich mit ihrem Nachbarn unterhalten haben oder wohin sie ihre Lesebrille gelegt haben. Oftmals sind die verwirrt, wenn Familienangeh\u00f6rige oder Freude Dinge behaupten, an die sie sich nicht erinnern k\u00f6nnen. Es kommt vermehrt zu f\u00fcr sie unangenehmen Situationen. In ihrem Alltag sind sie jedoch noch weitgehend selbstst\u00e4ndig.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"swiper-slide bdt-ep-fancy-slider-item elementor-repeater-item-ec04868\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-img swiper-lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-4_imago_Westend61_20141219-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Symptome - Mittelschwere Demenz\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-4_imago_Westend61_20141219-1.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-4_imago_Westend61_20141219-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-4_imago_Westend61_20141219-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-4_imago_Westend61_20141219-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-4_imago_Westend61_20141219-1-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader swiper-lazy-preloader-white\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFoto: Imago \/ Westend61\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSymptome - Mittelschwere Demenz\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bei einer mittelschweren Demenz f\u00e4llt es den Erkrankten zunehmend schwerer, ihren Alltag alleine zu bestreiten. Da ihr Denk-, Erinnerungs- und Orientierungsverm\u00f6gen immer mehr nachl\u00e4sst, brauchen sie bei den einfachsten Dingen Hilfe - wie etwa beim Einkaufen oder der K\u00f6rperpflege. Allm\u00e4hlich gehen auch Erinnerungen an weit zur\u00fcckliegende Ereignisse verloren, was sich oft darin \u00e4u\u00dfert, dass die Betroffenen sich nicht mehr an die Namen der eigenen Kinder erinnern.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"swiper-slide bdt-ep-fancy-slider-item elementor-repeater-item-dfb8008\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-img swiper-lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-5_imago_epd_20141219.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Symptome \u2013 Schwere Demenz\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-5_imago_epd_20141219.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-5_imago_epd_20141219-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-5_imago_epd_20141219-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-5_imago_epd_20141219-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-5_imago_epd_20141219-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader swiper-lazy-preloader-white\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFoto: Imago \/ epd\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSymptome \u2013 Schwere Demenz\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wer unter einer fortgeschrittenen Demenz leidet, verlernt nicht selten komplett zu sprechen. Der gesamte K\u00f6rper baut rapide ab. So haben Betroffene manche K\u00f6rperfunktionen, wie auf die Toilette zu gehen, nicht mehr eigenst\u00e4ndig im Griff, sind anf\u00e4lliger f\u00fcr Infektionen und k\u00f6nnen nicht mehr ohne Hilfe gehen. Ohne Pflege und Betreuung rund um die Uhr durch Familienangeh\u00f6rige oder in einem Altenheim w\u00e4ren die Erkrankten v\u00f6llig hilflos.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"swiper-slide bdt-ep-fancy-slider-item elementor-repeater-item-2bf85b8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-img swiper-lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-6_imago_Lumma-Foto_20141219.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Rudi Assauer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-6_imago_Lumma-Foto_20141219.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-6_imago_Lumma-Foto_20141219-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-6_imago_Lumma-Foto_20141219-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-6_imago_Lumma-Foto_20141219-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-6_imago_Lumma-Foto_20141219-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader swiper-lazy-preloader-white\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFoto: Imago \/ Lumma Foto\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRudi Assauer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2006 wurde bei dem ehemaligen Fu\u00dfballprofi und sp\u00e4teren Manager Rudi Assauer Alzheimer diagnostiziert. Der Mann, den man so oft mit Zigarre im Mund sah, k\u00e4mpfte lange gegen den sukzessiv fortschreitenden Ged\u00e4chtnisverlust. 2019 starb er im Alter von 74 Jahren.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"swiper-slide bdt-ep-fancy-slider-item elementor-repeater-item-b30aafe\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-img swiper-lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-7_imago_UPI-Photo_20141219.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Peter Falk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-7_imago_UPI-Photo_20141219.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-7_imago_UPI-Photo_20141219-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-7_imago_UPI-Photo_20141219-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-7_imago_UPI-Photo_20141219-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-7_imago_UPI-Photo_20141219-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader swiper-lazy-preloader-white\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFoto: Imago \/ UPI Photo\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPeter Falk\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In seiner Rolle als Columbo bleibt Peter Falk f\u00fcr viele Menschen unvergesslich. Er selbst hat seine legend\u00e4re Figur bereits zwei Jahre, nachdem seine Alzheimer-Erkrankung 2007 bekannt wurde, vergessen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"swiper-slide bdt-ep-fancy-slider-item elementor-repeater-item-5c2d84b\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-img swiper-lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-8_imago__viennareport_20142212.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Honig im Kopf\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-8_imago__viennareport_20142212.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-8_imago__viennareport_20142212-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-8_imago__viennareport_20142212-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-8_imago__viennareport_20142212-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.weltderwunder.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alzheimer-8_imago__viennareport_20142212-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader swiper-lazy-preloader-white\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFoto: Imago \/ viennareport\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHonig im Kopf\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-ep-fancy-slider-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dass die Krankheit auch Stoff f\u00fcr gute Filme bietet, bewies die Kom\u00f6die \u201eHonig im Kopf\u201c, die am 25. Dezember 2014 in den deutschen Kinos Preimiere hatte. Der Film erz\u00e4hlt auf traurig-sch\u00f6ne Art und Weise von der besonderen Liebe zwischen der elfj\u00e4hrigen Tilda und ihrem an Alzheimer erkrankten Gro\u00dfvater Amandus. So humorvoll Regisseur und Darsteller Til Schweiger mit der Krankheit auch umgeht, geht dabei die Ernsthaftigkeit, die dem Thema anhaftet, nicht verloren. Das liegt auch daran, dass sein Gro\u00dfvater selbst an Demenz litt und er ihn jahrelang pflegen musste.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-position-z-index bdt-position-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-arrows-fraction-container bdt-slidenav-container \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-navigation-prev bdt-slidenav-previous bdt-icon bdt-slidenav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ep-icon-arrow-left-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-navigation-next bdt-slidenav-next bdt-icon bdt-slidenav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ep-icon-arrow-right-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-dots-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f32d270 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f32d270\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ee78e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ee78e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The &#8220;Auguste&#8221; case<\/h2><p>Frankfurt in 1901: Alois Alzheimer works as an assistant doctor at the municipal sanatorium for the insane and epileptic. On November 25, a man brings his confused and disoriented wife to the asylum. Her name is Auguste Deter and she is 51 years old. The following dialog that Alzheimer had with his patient Auguste made medical history: &#8220;What is your name?&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;Auguste.&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;Family name?&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;Auguste.&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;What is your husband&#8217;s name?&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;I think &#8230; Auguste.&#8221; Physically, the woman appears to be in perfect health, and the doctors can also rule out psychological trauma. You are faced with a conundrum. Alzheimer recorded his observations on 31 pages.<\/p><h2>Brain research was the trend<\/h2><p>In 1904, Alois Alzheimer leaves Frankfurt to head the Brain Anatomy Laboratory at the Psychiatric Clinic in Munich. He regularly enquires about Auguste Deter&#8217;s state of health. When she died two years later on April 8, 1906, he had his former patient&#8217;s medical records and brain sent to him. Under the microscope, he discovers massive cell atrophy and unusual deposits. Six months later, at the 37th Assembly of Southwest German Lunatic Doctors, he reported on the peculiar clinical picture and a &#8220;peculiar severe disease process of the cerebral cortex&#8221;.<\/p><p>As brain research was in vogue at the time, colleagues did not really take his discovery seriously, treating it merely as a curiosity. At the turn of the century, many doctors examined brains under the microscope, used dyes to visualize structures and described conspicuous changes. However, Alzheimer was the first to establish a link between deposits and memory loss in a younger patient.<\/p><h2>Don&#8217;t look away, take action<\/h2><p>The responsibility for Alzheimer&#8217;s patients does not end with their relatives or the doctors treating them. Society must also be sensitized to the disease and thus register abnormalities. Whether it&#8217;s the elderly lady who wanders through the city center in winter without a jacket, the bank customer who withdraws large sums of money or the senior citizen who picks up bread rolls from the bakery three times a day.<\/p><p>It is important to act and not look away. Those affected usually do this themselves, because forgetting brings fear and shame. Alzheimer also recognized fear, mistrust, rejection and despair in his patient Auguste. In her conversations with him, she said: &#8220;I sort of lost myself.&#8221; Alzheimer spoke of the &#8220;disease of forgetting&#8221; &#8211; it was only named after him after his death. He died in 1915 at the age of just 51 &#8211; younger than his patient.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In many ways, people with Alzheimer&#8217;s seem to behave like children. But it is not by choice. Because of the disease, they no longer know what they are doing &#8211; and they suffer greatly as a result. 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