Dementia with Lewy bodies

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indicators of people who suffer dementia are memory loss, deteriorating communication skills and ineffective handling of normal daily activities (Personal Social Services Research Unit, 2007). Dementia is not exclusively affecting elderly people, but they are regarded as the most affected population. Based on the report of Personal Social Services Research Unit (2007),”one in five people over 80 have a form of dementia and one in 20 people over 65 have a form of dementia”. Dementia has different…

Introduction The topic of when life should end is still a very controversial one. Is turning off a life support actually killing a person or is the person’s life already dead in the first instance that is why it is being actually prolonged. In the same line of thought, what of actually being part of the process of assisting a despaired but terminally ill patient relieve themselves their pain by killing themselves. It is called assisted suicide. Is it moral or immoral, ethical or unethical? As…

“Suicide has surged to the highest levels in nearly 30 years” according to Sabrina Tavernise. Suicide is the act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally. Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States. More than 34,000 people die from suicide each year. More than 34,000 people have attempted suicide each year. We can only imagine what this does to family and friends of a suicide attempter and especially a death caused by suicide. Suicide is like the…

In order to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s one must show symptoms of dementia, in which one must suffer a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with daily life. Even though the symptoms of dementia can vary, the most common signs are memory issues, communication and language impairment, and the loss of ability to focus and pay attention. According to Alzheimer’s Association (2001), “There are multiple cognitive deficits, which include memory impairment and at least one of the…

Every case of dementia presents with a different range of symptoms. Some symptoms may be more prevalent in one patient and not another. The most common symptoms for those diagnosed with dementia is memory loss. A common misunderstanding with memory loss is that dementia starts with the most recent memories and erases them, working its way back through the patient’s life (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2010). Dementia actually just wipes memory in a sporadic…

older adults with dementia. As the number of adults age 65 and older continues to increase, the prevalence of dementia is expected to rise worldwide. In the United States alone, more than 5 million adults over 65 years old and more than 14% of those over age 70 have dementia (Alzheimer’s Association, 2015). Although dementia is considered a terminal illness (Mitchell, Teno, Kiely, 2009; Raymond, Warner, Davies, et. al., 2014; Peacock, Duggleby, & Koop, 2014), people with dementia could…

fact that she repeated her stories multiple times during the interview. Thus, we suspected that Mrs. Moore might be in the early stage of Alzheimer’s disease. The term dementia is commonly used to describe a broad spectrum of neurodegenerative disorders associate with progressive cognitive decline (12). The common symptoms of dementia are “memory loss, mood change, impaired reasoning”, which eventually lead to impairment in regular daily activities (12).…

Understanding the Symptoms and Treatments of Parkinson’s Disease In this day and age, many people are affected with a wide range of diseases that can potentially last for a few months to a lifetime. However, there are a few factors that can alter the outcome of a disease depending on an individual’s environment and wellbeing. Some of the factors involved includes: age, gender, and genetics. It is commonly known that as we age throughout life, we have a higher risk to be prone to more than one…

disease. Alzheimer’s gets worse over time it is not an aging, disease, but it is true the older you get you are likely to get Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s starts evolving in your brain where you form memories. Alzheimer’s leads to memory loss called Dementia. Dementia is not a disease…