Alzheimer's Association. (n.d.). Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia. Retrieved March 26, 2017, from http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_what_is_alzheimers.asp This website was published by Alzheimer's Association which was created educate others about this disease that is becoming more and more prominent in our society.…
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.…
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:…
Will Smith is going head to head with the NFL with "Concussion." Will Smith plays the role of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the neuropathologist who discovers CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy) in professional football players Dave Duerson and Andre Walters, and the link between their injuries and the early signs of Alzheimer's. "Concussions" follows the Neuropathologists battle with the NFL who attempt to discredit his research and reputation. To quote the movie, Dr. Julian Bailes(Alec Baldwin), states to Dr. Omalu (Smith), "You've turned on the lights and gave their biggest boogeyman a name." There's already buzz that this role could garner Will Smith his first Academy Award.…
Dementia. A beautiful mind that memories and events are too quickly fading away and forgotten. You start noticing friends and family around start to distance themselves because they don’t have the patience and tolerance to hear the same story or questions several times over, but that’s all they know and remember. The alienation is not only felt by that person ,but the person next to them.…
Special attention needs to be paid to level of consciousness, orientation and new learning. New learning is assessed with a four word recall test at 5, 10 and 30 minute intervals. Dementia would be a concern if they could only recall one or two words. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) can be used to assess mental status however it is copyrighted and requires an extra fee (Cordell et al., 2013). The Mini-Cog is a test that is free to use and is quite…
Neuropathic assessment of Alzheimer's disease is being re-evaluated since the last review or assessment was done in 1997. The new assessment is meant to be include those who have middle symptoms of Alzheimer's disease to the assumption of their potentially being clinical work in the future. There is also a test/scorecard that the physician fills out in relation to how the nerocortext is responding and the density of the response as well. This helps evaluate if there is a neuropathic change in relation to Alzheimer's and to be able to grasp a better understanding as to why some mental injuries may have the same symptoms. There are some diseases that may show up throughout the exam that those must be aware of such as Lewy body disease, cerebrovascular disease, VBI, and Hippocampal…
Late onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive loss of cognitive function that interferes with daily activities [38](Holtzman et al., 2011). The neuropathology involves neurofibrillary tangles, composed of hyperphosphorylated tau proteins, and β-amyloid (Aβ) plaques which obstruct proper synapse function and lead to neuronal cell loss and atrophy [5](Ballard et al., 2011). The most crucial risk factor is age; the risk doubles every five years after the age of 65, with higher prevalence in females than males [5;37](Hirtz et al., 2007;Ballard et al., 2011). There is also a strong genetic component that indicates increased risk of dementia in individuals expressing the E4 isoform…
With aging, there are short-term memory loss; however, dementia strongly impairs cognitive function, such as issues with language, communication, comprehension, and overall personality changes. Specifically, “Dementia describes a chronic and progressive…
Alzheimer Disease is a progressive brain disorder that begins with memory loss. Eventually, this leads to dementia and then death. The disease targets the hippocampus which acts as the memory and intellect database and entangles the neurons which create mixed, lost and delayed signals. The symptoms of this illness are repeated statements, forgets about conversations and events, on a regular basis misplace personal possessions, become lost in familiar places, and over time eventually forget the names of family and objects that are used every day. During the progression of Alzheimer’s affects the way individuals act and feel; depression, apathy, social withdrawal, mood swings, wandering, change in sleeping habits and the distrust in other are…
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.…
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.…
Approximately two-and-a-half-million people under the age of sixty-five suffer from dementia. Contrary to popular belief, old age is not the only cause of dementia. Dementia is a term that is used to describe a host of brain diseases. Dementia is a chronic disease that is marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning. As a result of the symptoms, a person’s ability to carry out daily activities normally is significantly reduced.…
As people age, some memory loss is normal. Almost everyone will forget where they put their keys, but if a loved one forgets what a key is, or how to use it, the problem is much more severe. The brain is the most complex organ in the human body, and memory is one of the brain’s most complex functions. Memory allows humans to recall a wide range of experiences and information, including names, visual impressions, language, sounds, flavors and so on.…
Alzheimer’s disease (AD), was discovered as senile form of dementia in early 1907 by Alois Alzheimer in 1907. Since then the disease has been researched and studied to generate a knowledge base of symptoms, etiology, pathogenesis, treatment and management of the disease. AD is differentiated from senile dementia due to the neurodegenerative process which involves deposits of protein known as amyloid in neurons and neurofibrillary tangles which form plaques. This formation of plaques leads to neuron death and the hardening of tissue leads to progressive and terminal neurological disease state. There has been no cure to Alzheimer’s disease to the complexity of disease and the lack of understanding of amyloid protein and its process.…