HOW DOES ALZHEIMERS DISEASE OR DEMENTIA CAUSE ONES DEATH?
Advanced Alzheimer’s disease can lead to the impairment of the patients’ immunological system, and this can predispose them to concurrent infections such as urinary tract infections and pulmonary infections (such as pneumonia). Coupled with the fact that as the disease progresses, the patient becomes more immobile, most dementia patients ultimately succumb to the conditions associated with immobility.
