Dementia is a general term for loss of memory and other mental abilities severe enough to interfere with daily life. It is caused by physical changes in the brain which causes problems with memory‚ reasoning‚ behavior and motor skills. It is also called “Alzheimer’s Disease”. Symptoms of Alzheimer’s slowly worsen over time‚ and the disease is ultimately fatal. It is the most common form of dementia‚ which is defined as a loss of cognitive functioning and behavioral abilities that interferes with
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Introduction Delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU) is a common and clinically problematic condition that may increase the pressure of burden on the shoulders of the health system‚ and at the same time cause the process of healing derailed from its natural course. This rapidly developing and daily fluctuating disturbance of cognition and consciousness has four key elements according to the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV:
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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Age- related macular degeneration (AMD)‚ a chronic‚ progressive disorder of the retina‚ is the most common cause of blindness in individuals over the age of 60. The macula is the part of the retina which provides high resolution color vision (Redmond &While 2008). As the macula degenerates‚ individuals lose their central vision and color vision. There are two types of macular degeneration: wet‚ or choroidal neovascularization and dry‚ or nonneovascular . Dry AMD is the more
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a staggering amount of lives. This is tobacco and it is deadly to anyone and everyone. But at 18 you can buy them whenever. So this raises the question. Should the legal age to purchase and use tobacco products be raised to 21? I am for the raising of the legal age to smoke‚ as is Tobbaco21 as they state‚”Increasing the sale age to 21 will help to prevent young people from ever starting to smoke and to reduce the deaths‚ disease and health care costs caused by tobacco use.”‚This is a solid point
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Unit 4222-237 Dementia awareness (DEM 201) Outcome 1 1. Dementia is not an illness or disease in itself ‚ but is a broad term which describes a range of signs and symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by certain disease and conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease or vascular dementia. 2. AREA OF THE BRAIN KEY FUNCTIONING that could be affected by dementia Frontal lobe Movement ‚ emotional behaviour ‚ personality interpretation and feeling Parietal lobe Language ‚ spacial awareness and
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How Age-Related Hearing Loss Distresses Your Elderly Loved Ones Hearing loss is a gradual decrease in your ability to hear sounds and noise. This is probably one of the most common conditions that affects older and elderly adults for about one in three people aged 65-74 has hearing problems making it hard for them to understand‚ follow a doctor’s advice‚ hear doorbells and alarms‚ and respond to warnings. Housecalls Plus‚ Inc.‚ a quality provider of visiting physicians in Mesquite‚ Texas‚ sees that
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Mistaken Identity Issues and Reform In today’s world‚ mistaken identity is a serious set back for the criminal justice system. Mistaken identity can be caused from many different reasons. Some of those reasons include: the person’s stress‚ memory‚ and suggestions. If a person is put in a situation where there is high stress‚ it may be difficult for them to accurately recall what happened or whom they saw. For instance‚ if a person were to be in a convenience store when it’s being robbed‚ their
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1.1: Explain how cognitive‚ functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating‚ drinking and nutrition. Cognitive: depending on the type of dementia the individual has they may have trouble in recognising the food in front of them or not understand that the food provided is for them‚ This can be caused by their minds not recognising what is in front of them. Functional: The individual may struggle to use their knife‚ fork and spoon‚ they may even struggle to chew or swallow
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Will Always Be Revealed Imagine if everything you have been told from the people you trust are all lies? They have to constantly wonder if what they are being told are truths leads to confusion. This is something that frequently happens in the book Delirium by Lauren Oliver. No matter how hard people try to hide the truth‚ it will always be exposed. The truth about the society’s history will in the end be uncovered. Magdalena Haloway is struck with disbelief about the lies that have been told in her
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Dementia is the term used to describe the symptoms that occur when the brain is affected (damaged) by certain diseases and conditions (e.g. a stroke)‚ including Alzheimer’s disease. As this is a progressive disease‚ symptoms can be slowed down‚ but not cured and will always‚ gradually get worse. Regardless of the cause of the dementia‚ as it is the brain cells that are dying‚ some of the person’s abilities and functions of day to day life will progressively become more difficult. There are five
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