Hi to All,
I read an article today that used the term young onset instead of early onset. Has anyone seen this? Is this a "new" term they are using for EOAD?

Please let me know,

Thanks

Peace and Hope,

Lisa, One of my local Alzheimer's Association staff mentioned that change was taking place. It seems some people are confused by the similarity between "Early Onset" and "Early Alzheimer's."

If it helps people, they can call me whatever they want.

Lisa, Early Onset is now known as Young Onset because there was so much confusion as to what Early Onset was and Early Stage. Early Onset=before the age of 65; Early Stage=After the age of 65. I guess they thought if they termed it differently there would be less confusion.

Thanks for the input! I would let them call it anything they wanted if they would just talk about everywhere they can. I just saw an alz. commercial on Discovery Health Network. The commercial briefly stated 20's, 30's, 40's but still ALWAYS shows much older people! It makes me soooooooo mad! What about us????? Is the Alz Assn. listening??? Please put some of US on your tv ads or commercials!! The Public still believes it strikes only much older people!!

Peace and Hope to All,