Annotated Bibliography Hazzan, Afeez Abiola, et al. " Association between caregiver quality of life and the care provided to persons with Alzheimer's disease. " Journal of Systemic Reviews, 1 Feb. 2017, pp. 1-5.…
Alzheimer’s is a “fatal disease” that overcomes the body and makes us very ill, thus causing heart attacks, brain failure, and lots of other bodily dysfunctions.…
Journal Article Citation: Andersen, F., Viitanen, M., Halvorsen, DS., Straume, B., & Engstad, TA. (2011). Co-Morbidity and Drug Treatment in Alzheimer’s disease. U.S National Library of Medicine, 11(58), n.p. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-58 Type of study (i.e. prospective cohort): This is a cross-sectional study on co-morbidity and drug treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in northern Norway. Sample/population:…
The cortex, including the hippocampus, is the main area of the brain affected with the decline from dementia. Dementias are caused, basically, by brain cell death. Progressive brain cell death, that happens over time, is what is behind most dementias. Dementia can be caused by a head injury, a stroke, a brain tumor, or other causes. Dementia can also be caused by traumatic brain injury, especially if those injuries were repetitive.…
Dementia and its Unwelcomed Family Members Jaclyn Napoli University of South Florida Author Note Jaclyn Napoli Health Sciences Undergraduate, University of South Florida. This paper is part of the portfolio project for GEY 4612 Psychology of Aging. Any correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to: Jaclyn Napoli, Health Sciences Undergraduate, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620.…
Annotated Bibliography Henna Awan Florida State College at Jacksonville HSC4730 Dr. James Stittsworth 10/11/2015 Roher, A. E., Cribbs, D. H., Kim, R. C., Maarouf, C. L., Whiteside, C. M., Kokjohn, T. A., et al. (2013). Bapineuzumab alters aβ composition: implications for the amyloid cascade hypothesis and anti-amyloid immunotherapy. PLoS ONE, 8(3), e59735. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059735 The neurological changes related to Alzheimer's disease (AD) heavily support the amyloid cascade hypothesis. Bapineuzumab is a monoclonal antibody that targets the N-terminal region of amyloid-B (Aβ) peptides.…
Dementia isn’t a certain disease. It is instead a general term that defines a board spectrum of symptoms. These symptoms are associated with a loss of memory or other thinking skills bad enough to lessen peoples’ ability to perform daily activities. Dementia can be seen apparently in two brain functions, which are memory loss and damaged judgement or language, and the incapability of performing daily responsibilities such as due dates, becoming lost while driving for periods of time and bills needing to be paid. Although memory loss is a symptom of dementia, memory loss itself does not mean that you have dementia.…
Dementia Arwin R. Covero Odessa College 03/04/2015 Dementia Dementia is an acquired condition that is characterized by a progressive deterioration of cognitive functioning and impairment of intellect without any changes in terms of consciousness. It can be described as a decline in person’s cognitive functioning such as loss of memory, attention to details, or thought processes. The progressive decline in brain function highly affect social and occupational functioning as well as their lifestyle and performance with activities of daily living. Most patients with this type of disorder will also exhibit some behavioral and psychological symptoms. It is the general term use to describe a variety of progressive conditions when brain cells…
Alzheimer's is a progressive disease. When does it begin? And why does it cause forgetfulness? Alzheimer’s is a disease, which causes memory loss, and it causes difficulty dealing with daily life (1). Alzheimer’s disease happens because damage of cells in certain regions of the brain and these areas relate memory (2).…
Some say I know that Alzheimer’s affects the brain but how? Does it differ in men and women? Each time an individual is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, their brain begins to shrink. A healthy brain is a pink color, but when someone develops Alzheimer’s their brain turns a blackish gray color. However, color is not the only thing that happens to the brain when diagnosed.…
The lay people associate Dementia with memory loss, but it’s just not that simple. Dementia is a gradual disease with many other characteristics, such as, loss of attention, orientation, language, judgement, and reasoning (Lewis, Dirksen, Heitkemper, Bucher, & Harding ). “Personality changes and behavioral problems such as agitation, delusions, and hallucinations may occur” (Lewis, Dirksen, Heitkemper, Bucher, & Harding). All of the issues that come with Dementia affect the entire person’s quality of life. The person can no longer fulfill work obligations, can no longer function in a social aspect, and ultimately can no longer perform activities of daily living (ADLs).…
Alzheimer’s Disease Many people seem to believe that Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is not a fatal disease. Which in fact it is, it destroys brain cells and causes memory loss. This may not be physically fatal, but it is mentally. It slowly takes away a person's identity, and ability to connect with others emotionally.…
Alzheimer’s disease is nothing new to people from across the world. Some may ask what exactly is this sad and depressing disease? It is the most common form of dementia, which is the deterioration of the functions of the brain. It reports for approximately 70 percent of dementia cases (Alzheimer’s). The course of the disease is slow at destroying one’s memory and thinking abilities.…
A common misconception is that aging comes with Alzheimer’s. Although majority people affected with this disease are 65 and above, there is also a 5% of people who are in their 40s or 50s affected by Alzheimer’s. AD is a disease of progression. There are three stages of AD and by the third stage one affected loses the ability to converse. Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States (Overview | Alzheimer 's Association).…
I think from this excerpt there are two very important things for the nursing student to understand. I think the first is that Alzheimer’s is not just confusion, there are many other symptoms that accompany the confusion. The fact that things like irritability, irrational thoughts and loss of some physical components of life is part of the disease. By saying physical components I mean the health aspect as well as the fact that they may forget how to cook or eventually how to wash themselves or walk. The excerpt starts off with talking about the different moods that may be encountered.…