Alzheimer's Disease And Rituals In Snow Skiing

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The nursing care required by the patient with Alzheimer's disease changes, as the disease progresses, emphasizing the need for regular assessment and support
No cultural activities or rituals shown in the movie only a reference that Fiona is originally from Iceland. Snow sodden country Canada and the couples enjoyed snow skiing. No religious, ethnic or spiritual preference expressed.
Fiona became forgetful and experienced memory loss. She puts a frying pan in the freezer, and forgets the word “wine”. She lost her way in the woods, even forgotten her husband. Eventually, she ended up with mood swing and behavior problems, weakened muscle, gait instability and troubled thought process. Gait instability and weakened muscles can lead her to the
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She had gone through Scaring and irrevocable mental weakening. Fiona became more comfortable at the facility as a support giver for a male companion, Aubrey.
She had a solid marital relationship with her husband Grant. Fiona was a devoted wife. Kindness and humor reflected in the couple in the beginning of the movie.
Fiona knows that her condition is getting worse and she doesn’t want her to be a burden to her husband, Grant. She asked her husband to take her to a facility that he did eventually. To measure the depth of their love, there is a touching scene in the movie. That is at the facility Fiona asked her husband to leave immediately “If you don’t leave now, I’ll start crying and never stop.” But later as the condition got worse she could not even recognize her husband when he visited her. She developed a relationship with a patient named Aubrey without realizing that she was married.
Fiona and Grant were living in a cottage that overlooks a field which was good for cross-country skiing. Both of them used to enjoy skiing daily. One day Grant bring Fiona home for a day from the assisted living initially she could not recognize her own home where they lived over 20 years. It appears that she gained the good old memories for a short

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