world alzheimer's day

• World Alzheimer's Day is observed every year on 21 September.

• The theme of this year's World Alzheimer's Day is 'Never Too Late, Never Too Late'.

• Alzheimer's is a neurodegenerative disease that leads to dementia.

• Alois Alzheimer, a German psychiatrist and pathologist, first described it in 1906.

• Its symptoms are memory difficulties, mood swings and disorientation.

• It may be genetically inherited or caused by head injury, depression, and high blood pressure.