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Doctors say it is possible that an Alzheimer's patient could progress to the point that damage from the disease to the centers of the brain that control breathing could cause death, but patients rarely get that far without an infection setting in.
Late Stage Alzheimerâs Disease And Death. Of all of the stages of Alzheimerâs disease, late stage progressing into end stage Alzheimerâs and death may be the hardest to understand. There is no other outcome for this type of dementia. Every persons journey is different and unique but the destination is the same. Death.