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Alzheimer's Disease. Some of us may have heard of it, may have read about it, may have seen it in movies, or may even have encountered someone with it. I, for one, have seen people with Alzheimer's disease and most of them are the older adults(60 years old and above). There were quite a few of them in the nursing home where I used to work at as a CNA. As far as I know and as far as I have observed, Alzheimer patients tend to have their memories lost, may even forget who they are and their total being. All along I thought that only the older adults could have it. Not until I've seen a Korean movie with the leading lady having the disease in her 20's. I totally had no idea that it can hit us at such a young age! Because to me, the image of Alzheimer's disease is only for old people. So what is Alzheimer's Disease? Where does it come from? How do we get it? What are the treatments? And how do we handle people with it? Is it really possible that it could hit us at a......

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