Alzheimer'S Disease Essay

“Nearly 44 million people have alzheimer’s or a related dementia”(). The causes of alzheimer's isn't very clear but we know the causes of it on the brain. Alzheimer's is a disease that has progressive brain cells failure. There is no cure to it but there are treatments that could help them with the disease. We may not know the main cause of alzheimer's, but we know some of the things that lead to alzheimer’s. One of the main thing that we know of that leads to alzheimer’s is age. “Less than…

Alzheimer’s Disease “Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive brain disorder that occurs gradually and results in memory loss, unusual behavior, personality changes, and a decline in thinking abilities that cannot be reversed.” (1) About 7 years ago when I was 8 years old my mom and my uncle started noticing my grandma forget things. They took her to the doctors and they discovered she had dementia. Dementia is very similar to Alzheimer’s disease. The difference is that Dementia is not a disease,…

Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder disease that gradually the patient’s mental abilities are analyzed. The most obvious manifestation of dementia is memory disorder. Memory impairment often gradually created and progresses. At first, memory impairment and learning to recent events is limited but old memories are gradually damaged as well. For example a patient answers a question and if someone asked that question a few moments after she can’t answer it. The patient lost his personal staff…

old man who is a resident in an extended facility named Greg Jones. He was diagnosed for Dementia-Alzheimer’s disease. He smoked 2 packed of cigarettes for the last 30 years and was currently diagnosed with chronic bronchitis. His daughter who visits him every Friday, expressed her concern that her father’s dementia is getting worse. Mr. Jones has two chronic diseases, first is the Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia which is a complex and devastating problem that is a major…

1 in every 3 seniors will develop some type of dementia and will die because of it. Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common form of dementia affecting about 5 million people right now in the United States. Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder, which is a term that describes progressive loss of function of neurons in the brain. The early symptoms are often confused for normal age related symptoms, such as memory loss, which is one of the main reasons there are such a low number of…

As I have grown up and watched my grandmother suffer from, and inevitably lose her life to Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), I have had many questions in my mind about this disease. I wonder what my chances of getting AD are, if the disease is, in fact, genetic, or if it comes from experiential factors. I want to find evidence of real-life people who have suffered from the disease to see if researchers have found proof of certain factors affecting the risk of individuals getting AD. Growing up, I…

Alice’s descent into Alzheimer’s disease appear without warning. In the beginning, slight memory loss plagued her, but she was fully capable of functioning like a normal human being. Little slips in her memory would come and go like the wind; her first warning sign appeared when she simply forgot a certain word in a meeting. The slope began with just little things being forgotten. Her habitual rituals liking jogging were impacted; Alice was off jogging yet she forget where she was despite the…

Alzheimer's disease is a very serious condition in which your brain starts destroying memory and disabling other mental functions. This happens because brain cells start to degenerate an die. There is no cure for Alzheimer's, only medications that can temporarily help and prevent it longer. The main symptoms of Alzheimer's are increasing forgetfulness, difficulty organizing thoughts, not noticing things are wrong, repeating questions and statements not realizing they've already said it,…

Our cognitive function decreases as we age, it causes our brains start to shrink in volume, and hemmers on our memory, thinking skills, and ability to comprehend what is going on. An example of cognitive function would be Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer’s is a progressive disease that destroys your memory, and other mental important functions such as cognitive function. As a healthcare worker dealing with patients that have cognitive function can be a difficult thing to bare. Things may occur…

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common dementia in elderly presented in more than 5 million Americans. It is an irreversible and progressive brain disease that accounts for 60-80% of cases of dementia in the elderly. The symptoms can appear after the age of 60-65 to population over 85 years old. This disease slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, followed by failure of language skills, visual-spaced orientation, judgment and eventually even the ability to carry out the simplest tasks in a…