Visiting nurses or aides, volunteer services, homemakers, adult protective services, and other community resources may be helpful in caring for the person. Legal advice may be appropriate early in the course of the disorder. Advance directives, power of attorney , and other legal actions may make it easier to make ethical decisions regarding the care of the person with Pick's disease. The probable outcome is poor. The disorder progresses steadily and rapidly.
Total disability occurs early.
Commonly, Pick's disease results in death within 2 to 10 years, usually from infection and occasionally from general failure of body systems. Call your health care provider if symptoms of Pick's disease develop.