Unit 40: Dementia Care P1: Describe types of dementia and common signs and symptoms. What is dementia? Dementia is a common condition that affects about 800,000 people in the UK. Your risk of developing dementia increases as you get older, and the condition usually occurs in people over the age of 65. Dementia is a syndrome associated with an ongoing decline of the brain and its abilities. This includes problems with: * memory loss * thinking speed * mental agility * language
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BMC Neurology (2001) 1:3 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/1/3 BMC Neurology (2001) 1:3 Research article Traumatic brain injury as a risk factor for Alzheimer disease. Comparison of two retrospective autopsy cohorts with evaluation of ApoE genotype Address: 1L.Boltzmann Institute of Clinical Neurobiology, Baumgartner Hoehe 1, B-Bldg., A-1140 Vienna, Austria, 2Department of Neuropathology, University of Munster School of Medicine, Munster, Germany and 3Cognitive Neuropharmacology Unit
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Abstract This Essay will discuss, the history and all research I did online and in different books about Alzheimer’s Disease. Plus some facts that I have recently found on new Drugs and Nano Bio-Technology. Also a new Article that supports a theory of mine that I have had for years. The most difficult decision that I ever had to do, was to except that my dad had Alzheimer’s and put him in a Nursing Home. A Difficult Decision
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MCI are early signs of neurodegenerative disease, therefore MCI has become a well-known prodrome of dementia and its progressive kind, Alzheimer's disease (AD). Two criteria are required for clinicians to identify if their patients have MCI. One is cognitive functioning decline such as "inability to understand new instructions, frustration with new tasks, and inflexibility". The other criterion
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been a rise in Alzheimers. According to statistics from 2013 more than 500,000 seniors die each year because they have Alzheimer's (http://www.alz.org). In the America, it is the sixth leading cause of death and 5th for those 65 and older. It has increased sixty-eight percent from 2000 to 2010 and, even though, there is a handful of drugs to help relieve symptoms of Alzheimer's. The medications do nothing to stop the disease's progression and, eventually, lose their effectiveness for most people
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can lead to sight loss. The optometrist would ask you to have eye screenings once a year to check your eyes. If the doctor also deems it necessary you may be sent to the dietician or special diabetes care team. Alzheimers Dementia For Alzheimer’s the patient is reviewed by carers, the carer’s job being both
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stem from boredom. There are an endless supply of triggers, and each patient has a unique situation. With caregivers, aggression often happens when patients feel a loss of control or feel that they are overly exposed, such as during bath times (Alzheimer’s Association, 2014). It is important that a nurse first address safety when confronted with an aggressive situation. At times, physical intervention must take place to ensure the safety of the patient and the caregiver. If the situation is not dire
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研究的結論常常不一致。另外，臺灣很流行的保健食 品如紅麴及銀杏也被奉為預防失智症的聖品，還有現 在很熱門的地中海飲食，這些食物對阿茲海默失智症 的預防及治療效果的科學證據仍須進一步探討。本篇 研究擬以實證醫學的方法探討飲食對失智症的防治效 果，進而希望為高齡族群提供飲食的建議。 方 法 分兩階段進行。第一階段：先以一般性回顧的方 法搜尋及整理阿茲海默失智症的完整且有臨床試驗的 飲食研究。從Pub Med中搜尋以關鍵字「nutrition」或 「diet」連結 「Alzheimer's dementia」或「Alzheimer's disease」搜尋相關的文章。並設定為回顧(review)性 文章，語言為英文或中文，起始年代不設限，搜尋至 2009年。總共找到73篇文章，其中再進一步將動物 實驗、基礎實驗及病理研究去除。如此一來，剩下33 篇，其中館際合作能找到24篇，再從中去挑選回顧性 研究中，所有收集納入分析比較的臨床試驗(含世代研 究及病例對照研究)最完整的文章，加以整理。另外也 加入我們自己團隊的研究。第二階段：是分別針對國 內常被報導的保健產品、食品及飲食型態，如紅麴、 銀杏、地中海飲食及咖哩等，用於阿茲海默失智症的
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People with Dementia often confuse the generations for example, mistaking their wife for their mother or their son for their father. This may be very distressing for the family members, but this is a natural aspect of their memory loss. The person with the Dementia may be trying to interpret a world that no longer makes sense to them because their brain is now processing the information incorrectly. Sometimes the person with Dementia and those around them will misinterpret each others attempts at
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and measurable decline in cognitive abilities, including memory and thinking skills." While cognitive decline does not mean an individual is predisposed to dementia, seniors who experience an MCI have a significantly greater risk of developing Alzheimer's or another form of dementia than those who do not have an MCI. To be considered an MCI, the cognitive decline must be serious enough to be noticeable to the senior and others, but it cannot be so severe that it regularly interferes with daily
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