how would life be if you couldn’t remember it? sadly‚ this is the true life story of millions of older adults who suffer with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer is an irreversible cognitive memory loss disease that is currently the leading cause of dementia. The disease is said to be more common on adult in their mid 60’s however early signs of the disease have been identified on individuals has young as 30. Memory loss‚ unpredictable behavior and abnormal language problems are just some of the symptoms
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Personal Development 1. Describe the duties and responsibilities of own role. As a care assistant my duties include giving personal care to residents‚ such as washing‚ dressing‚ toileting and assisting with nutritional needs. It is my responsibility to ensure that company policies and procedures are followed to maintain the best possible care for the residents. 2. Identify standards that influence the way the role is carried out. Care standards act 2000 Health and safety at work
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nai.nih.gov‚ Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia among older people. Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning such as thinking‚ remembering‚ and reasoning‚ to such an extent that it interferes with a person’s daily life and activities. B. Subpoint: According to www.medicalnewstoday.com‚ Alzheimer’s disease is named after Aloysius Alzheimer. He is credited with identifying the first published case of dementia in 1906‚ which was later identified as Alzheimer’s disease. Transition
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Music has become a huge part of society. There are so many different styles of music and each style speaks to someone a little differently than it does the next person. The use of music as therapy also known as‚ Music Therapy has also started to be a more important part of society as well. Music therapy is a form of emotional‚ psychological‚ and physical treatment using music. “Music therapy is identified by federal law as a service related to special education‚ but no state requires it for educational
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United States‚ and unfortunately growing older has dismal side effects. Dementia and Alzheimer’s affects 1 of 3 seniors and is the 6th leading cause of death in the U.S. Through working with seniors who have Alzheimer’s and dementia‚ I have learned a lot about myself‚ the people‚ and the disease. For Works of Mercy‚ I felt called to work at Autumn Leaves. At this assisted living facility‚ many of the patients have dementia or Alzheimer’s disease so they do not remember short term as well as
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Unit 4222-237 SADIE LEWIS Outcome 1 1.1 Dementia is the progressive decline in the cognitive function‚ involving all aspects of perception‚ thinking‚ reasoning and remembering. This is largely to do with damage or disease. This is progressive and leads to the deterioration of the mind‚ affecting an individual’s ability to concentrate on daily tasks. The memory is often affected‚ causing them to forget people‚ dates and events that are recent to them‚ behaviour can be erratic
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Alzheimer’s disease victims and their families. Therefore‚ in order to better understand this disease one must first know that is Alzheimer’s disease defined based on its causes‚ symptoms‚ and treatments. Alzheimer’s is one of the most common causes of dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is the atrophy in the brain’s healthy cells that lead to slowly destroys memory and thinking skills‚ and eventually the ability to carry out the simplest task. It is an incurable disease‚ but it is possible live with it by take
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for common old age mistakes. II. This disease has several symptoms A. The main symptom is a progressive loss of memory. B. leads to severe dementia and eventually death Transition: these symptoms don ’t all happen at once‚ they happened in stages III. The disease is classified into four stages. A. They are early dementia‚ early‚ moderate‚ and advanced B The disease is diagnosed by the person ’s behaviors CONCLUSION I. Summary: in conclusion‚ alzheimer ’s disease is a problem
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dealing with the cortex that is part of the brain that helps with the memory‚ behavior‚ and intelligence. Affecting parts of the brain from gathering its creative memories‚ controlling thinking skills and behavior. Mostly known from being the form of dementia that is also called Alzheimer’s disease. Dealing with chronic disease there are pros and cons that deals with the cost of healthcare and also the cost of the beneficial drugs that are known to be helpful. Branching of the economics are benefit‚
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we begin to struggle due to losing memory. When Alzheimer’s Disease is mentioned‚ we often think about older people which make sense‚ because Alzheimer’s Disease symptoms begin before age 65 (Prevent and Reverse). Alzheimer’s Disease is a type of dementia that involves memory loss and causes problems with thinking and behavior that starts off calm but gets constantly worse. People who live with Alzheimer’s brain cells die‚ and it is hard for them to functions because the brain to shrink. The brain
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