Dementia Awareness Outcome 4- Understand factors relating to and individual’s experience of dementia Mrs A- Dementia with lewy bodies Mrs A is 65 years of age and has Dementia with Lewy Bodies. Most mornings she wakes up in pain and requires a lot of support with her personal care now as she is unsteady on her feet. She requires a rota-stand for standing and transfers and at times struggles to keep her eyes open and concentrate. Mrs A is aware of her dementia and seems low in herself at moments
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Clinical Application Questions Shanti Sharma RNSG 1413 May 25‚ 2018 Chapter 41: Fluid and ElectrolytesMrs. Hilda Beck is a 72-year-old seen by her health care provider this morning after falling at home because she became light-headed after vomiting and having diarrhea that has lasted over 24 hours. She was admitted for oral and intravenous (IV) fluid therapy. 1. Why is Mrs. Beck likely becoming light-headed? When should you expect this to resolve? Answer: Mrs. Beck became light-headed because
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Dem 210 Understand and Enable Interaction and Communication with Individuals with Dementia 1.1 Describe how memory impairment can affect the ability of an individual with dementia to use verbal language In People who have dementia‚ memory impairment can make it very difficult to make verbal communication through language. Dementia can make people forget words and even confuse some words with others causing confusion and other people cannot always understand them. The individual might understand
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Hatem Alharthi BME 24100 (28979) Prof. Steven Higbee Extra Credit December 20‚ 2014 Personal Response to The Man who mistook his wife for a hat book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is a remarkable and interesting medical book and one of the top rated medical books as ranked by Goodreads website published in 1985 by Oliver Sacks. The book’s author is Dr. Oliver Sacks a British-American neurologist and writer. From my experience with Dr. Sacks’s books‚ I can see that his knowledge in neuroscience
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ “a concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury- or TBI- caused by a bump‚ blow‚ or jolt to the head or by a hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth” (“What Is a Concussion?”) When an individual experiences a major blow to the head or body‚ the brain is pushed against the inside of the skull and can bruise. Although the brain has fluid and protective membranes (meninges) that cushion it‚ the blow
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1. Choose one of the neurological disorders discussed so far in the textbook (and Ogden). Describe two case studies that exemplify this disorder (using either the textbooks or outside sources)‚ and explain the similarities and differences between these cases. Explain how the case study approach can help us learn about the mind and the brain. Hemineglect is one fascinating brain disorder that can cause some abnormalities in someone’s everyday life. Hemineglect happens when a person’s right parietal
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On earth there are approximately 17 million people with Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy is the most common physical disability in childhood. This physical disability can impact the body in numerous ways‚ and except in its mildest forms‚ it can be evident in the first 12-18 months of a child’s life. (Alliance 2016) Cerebral Palsy is one general term that refers to a group of disorders that affect a person’s ability to move. Cerebral Palsy is a life-long condition and there is no cure. It is due to
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Many do not understand how devastating and tragic the Alzheimer’s disease is. It is much more than memory loss or just a part of aging. Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease that slowly strips the personality and independence away from a person. It is a progressive disease that destroys and kills nerve cells which results in problems with memory‚ personality changes and thinking and problem solving abilities (source 1). Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States
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Description of the Case A.H. is an 82 year‚ 4 month old Caucasian female who was admitted to Rhode Island Hospital on 10/4/16 after experiencing right-sided limb weakness‚ tingling sensations in her extremities‚ sudden vision loss‚ and slurred speech. An MRI taken on 10/4/16 revealed a lesion in the left temporoparietal region of the brain‚ extending into the angular gyrus. These results indicate that A.H. suffered a left hemispheric ischemic stroke. She currently complains of right-sided facial
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1. INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH (EEG) Hans Berger in 1929 was the first person to measure the electroencephalogram measured in humans. Electrical impulses generated by nerve firings in the brain can be measured by electrodes placed on the scalp. The EEG gives a view of neural activity and is used to non-invasively study the physiology of the human brain.EEG activity is a small signal‚ measured in micro volts with the main frequencies of interest up to approximately 30 Hertz (Hz) [1‚2].
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