The diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is primarily clinical, involving neurologist assessment of symptoms like memory loss, concentration difficulties, confusion, and language problems.

“when it comes to Alzheimer's disease it really starts with a clinical diagnosis so that's made by typically neurologists and they work with the patient and people who are very close to the patient so you know friends or family members and they will assess various symptoms symptoms such as you know difficulty remembering events difficulty concentrating planning or problem solving confusion with location or temporal confusion so you know confused about different events over time language problems reduction in vocabulary speech writing things like that”