came in the room and gave me the news. My mother’s father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. At the time I really did not know what to make of the situation my dad just threw at me. He tried explaining to me what it was and how it affected my grandfather but it was too much information to take in at the time. I just did not understand the concept of Alzheimer’s so I decided to do some research. I found that Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia that eats away at brain cells and interferes
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Alzheimer's Disease Introduction to Alzheimer's Alzheimer's disease is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain. It is first described by the German neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915) in 1905. This disease worsens with advancing age, although there is no evidence that it is cause by the aging process. The average life expectancy of a person with the disease is between five and ten years, but some patients today can live up to 15 years due to improvements
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Alzheimer’s Association Texas A&M University-Central Texas Kelvin Ray Phillips Alzheimer’s Association The Alzheimer's Association International Research Grant Program funds investigations that advance our understanding of Alzheimer's disease. The first grant in organization funded its first research grant, awarding a total of about $80,000 to a handful of investigators. This propelled the Association into the largest nonprofit
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Alzheimer’s Disease Tim Smith ITT Technical Institute GE-375 Dr. Robert Fahey April 12, 2012 Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a form of dementia, which is a loss of brain function (U.S., 2012). The disease gradually worsens over time affecting one’s thinking, memory and behavior. AD is the most common form of Alzheimer’s accounting for 50 to 80 percent of dementia cases (Alzheimer’s, 2012). Although one of the risk factors is old age (majority
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TOPIC: “What are the challenges to the individuals, family caregivers and healthcare services for people having Alzheimer’s disease?” With prolonged life expectancy , the population of many developed countries are ageing recently. The prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease with the decline of cognitive abilities increases along with the aging population. There is also a rise of persons younger than 65 having this disease (Cox, 2013). Take Hong Kong as an example ,a research (Yu et al., 2012) estimated
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Alzheimer’s Disease Michael A. Smith HCS/245 May 26, 2014 Dr. Michelle Clemons Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer is a stage of dementia which ability of the brain appears to stop functioning, such as creating memory loss, judgment instability, lack emotions with reasoning and changes in behavior. This is found more common in the elderly population of people. Studies shows apparently some people over sixty-five develops forms of dementia with the increase in later years after eighty-five
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Alzheimer’s is a very common disease with over 44 million people having this disease worldwide. This disease is a horrible disease that affects the hippocampus and the cortex of the brain. Not only is this hard for the individual who has the disease, but also very hard for family members and friends to watch them go through with the disease. In most severe stages of Alzheimer’s disease, most people will not remember their family members names and often refer to their childhood. Doctors’ are still
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is Alzheimer’s disease? Why should people know about it? This is a disease that causes more than just memory loss. Alzheimer’s is a Neurodegenerative Brain disease, and is a common cause of dementia. It currently affects over 5 million Americans, and it is also the 6 leading cause of death in the United States (Alzheimer's Association (2014). A lot of people are not fully aware of the impact this awful disease has; not only on the victim but the caregiver as well. I chose topic of Alzheimer’s disease
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ADMINISTRATION Many Alzheimer’s patients would love to remain at home living in the community they are a part of. They are used to their surroundings and enjoy being around the things, activities, and the people they love. Caregivers often go to great extents trying to make this happen often to the loss of their own financial, physical, and emotional well-being. The U.S. Administration on Aging (AOA), a program division within the Administration for Community Living (ACL) (Link, 2015), has been
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the person sleeping next to you or not remembering your kids names. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. About 5.5 million people live with Alzheimer’s, and is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Alzheimer’s is mostly mistaken as a sign of aging, it worsens over time and unfortunately has no cure. Many people tend to believe that Alzheimer’s is a problem for old people, but that is incorrect. A normal healthy
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