This laminated Alzheimer's Disease chart by the Anatomical Chart Company explains the mechanism and effects of the disease. The Alzheimer's poster offers the following anatomical and clinical information:

• Defines Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and discusses the aging brain, dementia and diagnosing AD.
• Lists risk factors and describes the 3 main stages of Alzheimer's Disease.
• Provides key management techniques for both the patients and their families and caregivers.
• Illustrates and discusses the areas of the brain affected by the disease, amyloid plaques (also called senile plaques) and physical changes to the cerebral cortex.
• Shows and describes the abnormal cellular structures involved (granulovacuolar degeneration and neurofibrillary tangles)
• Explains how AD destroys how neuron "talk" to each other.

This chart is ideal for explaining Alzheimer's to patients and their families.