Running head: DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease Dementia What is Dementia? Dementia is the basic term for loss of memory‚ and other mental abilities severe enough to interfere with everyday living. How many types of dementia are there? There are seven. And they are Alzheimer’s disease which is the most common type of this disease. But there are several other forms of dementia. Including Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease‚ this is rare‚ degenerative and invariably
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Dementia is a debilitating mental illness that requires costly medical care. Those who suffer this condition can find it difficult or even impossible to perform basic living tasks such as feeding‚ dressing or cleaning after themselves; therefore care must be provided to them at all times. As one can imagine‚ the story is no different behind bars. Because the inmate- elderly population has grown exponentially dating back to the 1970’s when laws favored incarceration over rehabilitation‚ the average
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long-term effects of the programs. Finally‚ the following areas should be kept: training of the direct care workers‚ follow up of direct care workers‚ and acquiring the sample from four facilities. The research article mentions the umbrella term of Dementia‚ more specifically focusing on the residents with moderate
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Down Range is a book by Dick Couch‚ a former Navy Seal. He tells about how he became a navy seal and his experiences. He also writes about other missions that he was not even in‚ including missions by the famous American sniper‚ Chris Kyle‚ who is the world’s most deadly sniper. The motive of a Navy Seal is to be the best gunman in the world‚ plus being stealthy‚ effective‚ professional‚ and lethal. Dick Couch did this and he was on the battlefield. Couch was in the Navy seals in the 1980’s
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The Range of causes of dementia There are many diseases that result in dementia. The most common types of dementia are Alzheimer’s disease; vascular dementia; Pick’s disease; dementia with Lewy bodies (Fronto-Temporal); Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD); Huntington’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common causes of dementia. The term ’dementia’ describes a set of symptoms‚ which can include memory loss‚ changes in mood and problems with communication and reasoning. These symptoms occur
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weight loss‚ poor personal care‚ unsafe living conditions‚ dehydrated‚ malnutrition‚ lack of essential services‚ exposed to hazards…Symptoms – neglected‚ poor health‚ sad‚ angry‚ frustrated‚ withdrawn‚ bruises/cuts‚ hungry‚ dirty…. | Identify and describe 3 factors that may contribute to an individual being more vulnerable to abuse (PWCS 024 1.3) Three possible factors that may contribute to an individual being more vulnerable to abuse are: Lack of trained staff to provide care‚ physical disabilities
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Korsakoff’s Syndrome Korsakoff’s syndrome is a disorder in which a lack of thiamine results in anterograde and retrograde amnesia — those with the disorder exhibit the loss of newly formed memories‚ and a degeneration in their ability to remember events from their past (Spiegel‚ Lim‚ 2011‚ p. 15). Found generally in alcoholics‚ the combination of their compromised metabolism and thiamine deficiency results in Wernicke’s Encephalopathy‚ which then progresses to Korsakoff’s syndrome (Thompson‚ Guerrini
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Describe the impact of early diagnosis and follow up to diagnosis has on dementia. Impact: Early diagnosis can be established when an individual meets current diagnostic criteria for dementia where there is deterioration in cognitive function that interferes with activities of daily living. Patient lives change dramatically when initially diagnosed and may experience feelings of shock‚ disbelief‚ anger‚ loss and grief. However‚ after this the affected individual and their family members can confirm
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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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Alzheimers/Dementia Awareness I’m going to start by giving a few definitions on Alzheimers and Dementia‚ so that up front we can learn that these two things are different. Many people use the two terms interchangeably but they actually are not the same thing. Dementia is a general term used for memory loss which is severe enough to interfere with daily life. Dementia is a very broad term‚ so you may think you’re using it to describe Alzheimer’s disease when really you’re using a broad term which
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