Sometimes other medications such as antidepressants may be prescribed to help control the behavioral symptoms associated with alzheimers disease creating a safe and supportive environment adapting the living situation to the needs of a person with alzheimers disease is an important part of any treatment plan. Alzheimers disease is a type of dementia dementia is a general term for a decline in mental ability that gets bad enough to interfere with daily life alzheimers usually begins after age 60 but sometimes affects younger people the alzheimers association lists these 10 early warning signs of alzheimers disease. Alzheimers dementia symptoms diagnosis prevention treatment care 9781495957147 medicine health science books amazoncom. All or almost all forms of dementia are treatable in that medication and supportive measures are available to help manage symptoms in patients with dementia however most types of dementia remain incurable or irreversible and treatment results in only modest benefits