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My aunt and my mom have it. My aunt is like 18 years older than my mom and is in the very late stages. I'm not sure if she still recognizes her daughter. Last time I saw her she was in poor health and really didn't interact much with anyone.
My mom is doing okay, she's 72. She's been diagnosed for a couple- three years now and is on regular medicine, which helps quite a bit. Dad is still in great health at 75 and is able to care for her. I live 12 hours from KC, so I only get to see her a few times per year, but talk on the phone a couple times a month. It's hard to have a conversation, since so many of the things you'd talk about she doesn't remember. She'll read a book, but not really follow the plot. She'll typically remember selective events from earlier in the day, but maybe not a conversation you had 5 minutes ago. Sometimes she also thinks long time friends are trying to make moves on my dad, just paranoia. Sometimes she'll also tell stories about family members that aren't true. Really hard to watch. I don't know how my dad copes as well as he does. But I count myself lucky because it seems to be progressing slowly with her so far.
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