Any help for Alzheimers or Dimensia?

My mom's been offically diagnosed with alzheimers, but we've known she's been having "issues" for at least two years now. She didn't want to believe anything was wrong with her memory either until people outside of the family started expressing their "concerns" about mom. And for a time, she even thought those who were concerned about her "must really hate her" to be saying those things about her. These are people who have known her for years -- they don't hate her -- they care about her, that's why they came forward. And how hard that must have been for them to do. This is what the neurologist told mom and I just this past Friday -- and I'm sorry if I misspell the medical terminology -- they believe all info is received into the brain thru the hippocampus. In the hippocampus there is an enzyme that is used to transmit the info received into the short and long term memory areas. It's kind of like working on a document in microsoft word -- it's on your desktop, but until you save it, if you lose power, the document will be gone. And that's what happens with the memory issues -- if the enzyme is working correctly or active at that moment, the info gets saved as a memory, if not, poof, it's gone. Is grandmom telling you things more than once in a conversation and acting as though she never mentioned it before? Something is triggering that particular thought, so she tells you about it, but the fact that she told you isn't transmitting to her short/long term memory areas -- and that's why she repeats the same thing over and over again. This enzyme is like an on/off switch -- either it's working at that moment or it's not. And that is what determines what she remembers and what she doesn't-even if it was only moments ago. This enzyme depletes with age and they don't have any way to create/replenish it as of yet. Airoset is thought to help slow the depletion of this enzyme-but it's relatively new, as are some of the other alzheimers meds out there, and there's really no long-long term data indicating if they really work. Do really works??? I would suppose each individual is different. My mom's been taking Airoset faithfully for about 6 months and we still see a steady decline in her short term memory capabilities. The next steps are forgetting saved short and long term memories progressing chronologically backwards in time. Me, personally, I would be happy to take Airoset now, while I'm in my late 40's and be part of a test group that they could get long term data from. Now, before that enzyme in the hippocampus has a chance to really start it's depletion process. Because, as I see it, right now, when you're finally diagnosed with alzheimers, it's almost too late. The process has already begun, if not already in full swing. I'm hoping the medical society is developing new and better tests that can diagnose the disease waaaaay before it's had a chance to debilitate one life as it's already doing to my mom. Tell grandmom, if she doesn't think she has memory problems, Airoset is believed to help keep it that way. Tell her you now know someone whose mom is really frustrated with not having the memory she used to have and is really scared of what the future holds. Sweetie, tell your grandmom you're scared too -- I'm scared for my mom. I see a steady decline. Every week she seems more forgetful, more confused, more and more unlike the mom I've always had. And I feel sooooo helpless. Do it and say it before it's too late. You're in my prayers!