It is my hope this will help many to understand the true nature of this disease and it's sad and horrible implications. One of the first early symptons of Alzheimer's is forgetfulness is of corresponded with our common notion of aging. In that forgetfulness is part of the aging process we cannot confuse it with Alzheimer's Disease. As Alzheimer's progresses the deterioration of the person's memory loss becomes more dramatic. With Alzheimer's is is much more severe in the fact that the disease destroys not just the memory of details by all memory of events in themselves.
Senility is a blanket term that has long been used to cover a wide spread variety of symptoms.
In this sense it is a damaging notion and a term to be a voided. That diagnosis will often obscures the real problem at hand and increase the difficulty of getting correct treatment for an elderly persons condition. Many other sources can cause problems that affect a person's cognitive abilities when they relate to others or try and conduct their affairs. Also psychological problems such as depression are often passed off as senility. Nothing can be done for the person with Alzheimer's.