One of the things that upset my mother, and I became aware of because of her, is the tendency to dismiss conditions and diseases in older people simply because they're old. It was very frustrating for her to hear doctors (attempt to) explain that they didn't care to do anything about a potentially treatable problem because they chalked it up to being a normal part of aging. I think Alzheimer's falls into that category frequently, unless it happens to strike a younger person.

One day, with any luck, we're all going to be "older people."

(Spud - pretty sharp, figuring out who fixed your song!)