Outcome1 1.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is a group of symptoms known as a syndrome that is associated with an ongoing decline of the brain and its abilities which can include memory loss‚ the way of thinking and understanding of what is being communicated and also the change in language which they may not normally use. People with dementia may also become apathetic‚ finding it difficult to control how they are feeling or have problems behaving appropriately in social
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Senior In Home Care Services and Senior Delirium Everybody has moments when they just don’t seem put together. When those moments seem to run together‚ the immediate thought is that a senior might have dementia. While it may be nothing at all‚ there is another possibility: delirium. Delirium and dementia are not easy to tell apart. One of the reasons is that people with dementia often have bouts of delirium As a result‚ many people simply associate delirium with dementia‚ even though the two maladies
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CAN YOU DRIVE AFTER A STROKE? - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Driving offers a sense of control‚ freedom and independence‚ for this reason‚ a lot of people cannot wait to learn the skill. For people who have had stroke‚ the eagerness to begin driving again remains after their recovery. They crave the independence that driving represents and would rather be in control of their movements once again rather than relying on others for their transportation needs. A stroke affects the physical‚ mental and emotional
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Plenty of people rule out marijuana as a derogatory thing that has no positives‚ I am here to tell you this is untrue and marijuana has plenty of health benefits‚ for example‚ marijuana slows the progression of alzheimer’s‚ slows the spread of cancer‚ and treat inflammatory bowel diseases such as crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. This shows that marijuana has a reason to be used‚ not just for the enjoyment. Keep in mind that there are many more than three positive benefits of marijuana.
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The patient states that her main concern is that she is struggling with her memory‚ even though it really does not bother her that much. CM states that this began one day when she “woke up and couldn’t remember things.” The patient believes the onset was random and that the loss of her memory was unprovoked. She describes her problem has getting her words confused and forgets what word she wants to use. CM also complains that dates of events are the hardest‚ as well as remembers people’s names. However
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In the movie Awakenings‚ a psychiatrist takes an interest in the patients that are in a statue-esque state. After much research and experimentation‚ he concludes that the patients were misdiagnosed‚ and actually have a severe case of Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is a progressive nervous disease associated with the destruction of brain cells that produce dopamine and characterized by muscular tremor‚ slowing of movement‚ partial facial paralysis‚ peculiarity of gait and posture‚ and weakness
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Anatomy and Physiology 2‚ SCI 136 Research Project # 40904000 Doing research on Alzheimer’s disease was very disheartening‚ just knowing what some people have to deal with on a daily basis was hard to imagine. I mean the simple definition of the disease is “progressive mental deterioration occurring in middle or old age‚ due to generalized degeneration of the brain.” As you can imagine‚ that can take a toll on someone’s emotional stability‚ which can eventually lead to depression. Most
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1. Introduction Epilepsy is defined as a brain disorder characterized by an enduring predisposition togenerate seizures (International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the InternationalBureau for Epilepsy (IBE)‚ 2005). It is a neurological disorder consisting of recurrentseizures that resulted from excessive‚ uncontrolled electrical activity in the brain (Wang‚2011). The ancient Babylonian believed that seizures can occur when a person wasvisited by a demon and thus‚ the different kinds of seizures
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Alcoholic dementia is a silent epidemic‚ it’s cause is excessive drinking. This type of dementia goes undiagnosed and confused with other types of dementia. Alcoholic dementia is a lack of vitamin B1 and is detrimental to one’s health‚ especially in the aging population. Alcohol induced dementia is treatable and possibly reversible; even so‚ it is avoidable if drinking in moderation. Dementia is a loss of mental ability severe enough to interfere with everyday life (Alzheimer’s Association. N.D.)
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Introduction The aim of this paper is to identify the concepts of labelling and stigma‚ and how they affect the lives of people with epilepsy. Epilepsy is a chronic physical disorder that affects the brain and causes repeated seizures. 500‚000 people‚ or 1 in 100 of the population‚ in the UK are epileptic. Epilepsy can develop at any age‚ although it normally starts in childhood. Although there is no treatment to cure epilepsy‚ in 70% of cases anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) successfully control
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