What is dementia? Dementia is a very common‚ incurable group of life conditions that interfere with daily functioning. It is chronic and can last for years or be life-long. Dementia is not a disease‚ it’s a group of symptoms that affect one’s ability to think‚ memory‚ as well as social life or the rest of their life. Dementia is caused by damage to brain cells. Damage to the brain cells interferes with the brain cell’s ability to be able to communicate with each other. Without communication with
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Dementia is a loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases. It affects memory‚ thinking‚ language‚ judgment‚ and behavior. This disease usually affects the old generation. As the human body ages‚ some aspects of life may not be as easy as they were before. In this paper‚ I will talk about the causes‚ symptoms‚ medications‚ diagnosis‚ complications‚ and preventions of Dementia. The causes of Dementia can be heightened. Most types of dementia are nonreversible. Nonreversible means the
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For those early-stage dementia patients‚ it is possible to achieve “integrity” and “wisdom”. As Christine Bryden‚ a top civil servant diagnosed with dementia at 46‚ explained‚ she has worked through what it means to be “me” since grappling with the fear of ceasing to be. She maintained integrity during a period of tremendous loss as she recognized dementia as a “journey towards my true self‚ with dementia stripping away the layers of cognition and emotion‚ I’m becoming
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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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Lewy Body Dementia Lewy Body Dementia‚ also known as LBD‚ is a topic that hits home for me. My grandfather passed away a year ago and was originally diagnosed with LBD. My family had never heard of such a disease before it personally affected us. As I further researched the medical condition I came to discover that not being aware of this disease was not really an uncommon thing. Actually‚ it is considered to be extremely difficult to diagnose. LBD has close relations with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
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MICROBIAL NUTRITION Nutrition which is also called as nourishment or aliment is a provision to the cells and organisms with the materials necessary to support life. Here it deals with the nutrition in microorganism which is called as microbial nutrition. Nutrients may be divided into three general‚ often overlapping categories: Those that supply energy‚ those that supply carbon‚ and those that supply any and everything else. In this lecture we will consider nutrition from the point
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DEM 313 Equality‚ diversity and inclusion in dementia care practice 1.1 Explain why it is important to recognise and respect an individual’s heritage An individual’s heritage is about his culture‚ history or personal experiences it is important to recognise and respect them because it is what makes him individual and unique. If we know them we provide a person centre care and focus on individual’s choices and preferences‚ he will then feel valued and included. For example Muslim doesn’t eat pork
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Delirium vs. Dementia Dementia is an irreversible state of cognitive impairment and short term memory loss related to organic brain disease most commonly Alzheimer’s disease or multiple cerebral infarcts. Delirium is a state of cognitive impairment and confusion usually of recent onset related to another illness. There may also be clouding of consciousness. Delirium is an organic mental disorder that causes confusion‚ disorientation‚ and memory loss. It is different than dementia in that is causes
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types of dementia In this assignment I am going to be describing 3 different types of dementia. I will be looking at Alzheimer’s disease‚ Vascular dementia and Lewy body dementia. I will be looking at what these dementias are‚ what the signs are and what the symptoms are. Dementia is a common condition that affects 800‚000 people in the UK‚ someone’s risk of developing dementia increases as you get older and the condition usually occurs in people over the age of 65 years old. Dementia is a syndrome
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Nutrition and Wellness Questions Week Two Individual Assignment Yvette Cirton University of Phoenix‚ ATL Campus SCI 100 Professor Hope Hetico- Marcinko May 10‚ 2008 a. How do you define good nutrition? Good nutrition is a matter of a balanced diet‚ low enough in calories to keep you from being overweight but high enough you don’t lose weight if you aren’t trying to. Green and yellow vegetables‚ tomatoes‚ raw fruits‚ whole grain breads‚ meats or soy protein‚ mature beans‚ low
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