Alzheimer’s disease attacks the brain, causing those suffering to first begin losing their short terms memory. This means that someone with this disease will begin to forget day to day things, like phone calls, appointments, medications, or if they have performed certain daily activities like eating or bathing. These beginning problems with memory can be helped with gentle reminders. Later stages of Alzheimer’s require more significant care. First stage dementia caused by Alzheimer’s is stressful on a family during the holidays. Later stages are as well, but this post will focus on early Alzheimer’s.