Specific Purpose: To let the class know more about the Alzheimer’s Disease.
Thesis: Alzheimer’s Disease is a common disease for older people and everyone should know what it is.
INTRODUCTION
I. Did you know that there are over 26 million cases of Alzheimer’s Disease in the world?
II. Does anyone know anyone with this disease? My grandfather had this disease.
III. I’m going to give you guys some information about this disease so you will know its symptoms and effects.
A. Alzheimer’s disease is a common disease that mostly affects people over the age of 65.
B. Characteristics and Symptoms of the disease
C. Stages of the disease and how it works.
Transition: Alzheimer’s disease is a disease that usually only people over the age of 65 will get.
BODY
I. Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common disease is people over the age of 65.
A. According to … there are over 26 million cases of the disease
B. This disease is most common in people over the age 65
Transition: many people misstate the early signs of the disease and mistake them for common old age mistakes.
II. This disease has several symptoms.
A. The main symptom is a progressive loss of memory.
B. leads to severe dementia and eventually death Transition: these symptoms don’t all happen at once, they happened in stages
III. The disease is classified into four stages.
A. They are early dementia, early, moderate, and advanced
B The disease is diagnosed by the person’s behaviors
CONCLUSION
I. Summary: in conclusion, alzheimer’s disease is a problem for people over the age of 65 that can be difficult to deal with and will eventually lead to an earlier death.
A. Did you know that there are over 26 million cases of Alzheimer’s Disease in the world?
B. Does anyone know anyone with this disease? My grandfather had this disease.
C. I’m going to give you guys some information about this disease so you will know its symptoms and effects.
II. I was motivated to research this topic because of my grandfather
III. I’m glad that I got to share some informational facts on this topic with you and hope that one day we will have some kind of cure for this disease so we won’t have to worry about this when we are old.
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