Dementia Awareness Dementia is a word used to describe a group of symptoms including memory loss‚ confusion‚ mood changes and difficulty with day-to-day tasks. There are many causes of dementia. The brain‚ along with the spinal cord‚ makes up the central nervous system‚ and it is this that controls all of our body’s functions. Within the brain there are billions of nerve cells that are known as neurons. These neurons communicate with each other and with other parts of the body by sending
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Unit 18: Understanding the role of communication and interactions with individuals who have dementia Unit Code: DEM 308 1. How do individuals with dementia communicate through their behaviour (1.1) Persons with dementia may communicate through behaviours such as: • Repetition of actions or questions‚ this may communicate anxiety over memory loss‚ boredom from inactivity‚ to seek reassurance‚ picking at clothing due to anxiety. • Aggression‚ this may communicate depression‚ an inability
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protect biological diversity‚ for example metabolic engineering of plants. Introduction: Why Study Medicinal Plants Plant resources for new medicine Bryophytes (nonvascular plants‚ e.g. liverwort and moss) have about 15‚350 species. Seedless vascular plants (commonly called fern) are estimated about 12‚ 157 species Gymnosperm has about 760 species. Angiosperm is estimated to have more than 250‚000 species. Introduction: Why Study Medicinal Plants Bryophytes (nonvascular
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The clinical treatments described and recommended in this publication are based on research and consultation with nursing‚ medical‚ and legal authorities. To the best of our knowledge‚ these procedures reflect currently accepted practice. Nevertheless‚ they can’t be considered absolute and universal recommendations. For individual applications‚ all recommendations must be considered in light of the patient’s clinical condition and‚ before administration of new or infrequently used drugs‚
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The immunological theory of aging‚ or immunosenescence‚ advances the idea that the immune system is programmed to decline over time. This programmed deterioration in immune system results in an increased vulnerability to infection disease‚ and thus leads to aging and death. The gradual deterioration of the immune system leads to loss of antibody efficacy‚ and with the body’s defense mechanisms against new diseases compromised‚ the body becomes more susceptible to cellular stress and eventual death
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I am writing this letter to you to as a student at MIT‚ who is very concerned about her internship with Professor Tsai‚ since you are considering cutting back your research funding while Professor Tsai is doing such great work to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). As an intern with Professor Tsai‚ I am against your decision because P. Tsai has worked so hard to create a valuable research that will help in the process of finding a treatment for AD. Alzheimer’s disease has become a serious
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Rest Tremor Rest tremor occurs when the limb is completely at rest against gravity; that is‚ the affected body part continues shaking when the patient is sitting and relaxed (Louis & Ferreira‚ 2010). The affected body part‚ however‚ can stop shaking when the patient intentionally moves it. This type of tremor includes Parkinson’s disease‚ multiple-systems atrophy‚ supranuclear palsy‚ and drug-induced tremor‚ each discussed in the paragraphs below. PD. PD as originally described by James Parkinson
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The exact cause of Alzheimer disease is unknown‚ but scientists have proven that there is a strong link between Alzheimer disease and some factors such as genetic‚ environmental‚ and life style factors. Alzheimer disease not only affects the cognitive ability of the patients‚ but also it has behavioural and psychiatric impacts on the patients. In addition‚ family members and friends of the patients would be also affected. Since Alzheimer disease gradually get worse over time‚ damaged brain could
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I agreed with Gawande approached who addresses the condition of aging. He raises the issues on the quality of life in the last day. In the book Being Mortal‚ as the bestselling author Atul Gawande he tackled the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life‚ but correspondingly the process of it ending. Medicine has triumphed in modern time‚ transforming birth‚ injury‚ and infectious disease from upsetting to manageable. But in the foreseeable condition of aging and
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What is music? Music is a composition‚ from the vantage point of a musician is the amalgamation‚ or combination of tone‚ rhythm‚ harmony‚ and melody are all combined to make one uniform sound and also to convey a message to the intended audience along with many other beneficial things such as alleviating stress. What is music therapy? According to an article titled Music Therapy‚ from World of Health‚ “music therapy is the use of music‚ along with other therapies‚ by a trained and credentialed
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