This past week has been a very interesting week learning about dementia. I have found the posts on blackboard have been very helpful on getting input from other views on this subject. It appears that we have all been involved with dementia through our own personal family experience or through work related jobs.
I am very interested in getting my mother in for screening to see what is out there to help her stay a step ahead of this illness. Reading chapter 1 and 2 in our course book, Alzheimer's, really helped me stop and consider some of the risk factors that are against my mother in the first place. Age, family history, gender and head trauma are a few that stand out. Then looking at the criteria for diagnosis, I find her not able to
I am very interested in getting my mother in for screening to see what is out there to help her stay a step ahead of this illness. Reading chapter 1 and 2 in our course book, Alzheimer's, really helped me stop and consider some of the risk factors that are against my mother in the first place. Age, family history, gender and head trauma are a few that stand out. Then looking at the criteria for diagnosis, I find her not able to