Alzheimer's Association

Definition As per NINCDSADRDA criteria Alzheimer’s disease is defined as a “clinical disease caused by underlying brain changes”. Dementia is the characteristic clinical manifestation of disease. The definition of AD revolves around the assumption that an individual with an amnestic dementia would have Alzheimer’s related brain changes, namely amyloid plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles, found at autopsy. Conversely, individuals without amnestic dementia would not found plaques or tangles…

Alzheimer’s Disease: A Worldwide Epidemic Charlotte Waybourn Human Disease/Pathophysiology MDCA-1302 8 April 2017 Alzheimer’s Disease: A Worldwide Epidemic Alzheimer’s is a sinister disease that can devastate an entire family and wreak havoc on the minds of the poor souls that must bear its burden. It steals their precious memories and eventually makes them a stranger to those who knew them. While there is no cure for Alzheimer’s, studies show that more women develop the disease than men,…

Alzheimer’s disease is an affliction that many families and individuals all over the world have to endure. As the individual slowly loses their memory and their ability to recognize themselves and others, they succumb to the disease soon after. Elderly people are most often associated with this disease, but a significant population under the age of 40 has shown symptoms of this disease. The good news is that people, especially young people, can take precautionary measures to avoid being…

people in the year 2030, and 131.5 million people in the year 2050. (Alzheimer’s Disease International & World Alzheimer’s Report, 2015). There are more than 9.9 million new reported occurrences of dementia in the word, making this one new person every 3.2 seconds. (World Alzheimer Report, 2015). In the United States the fifth leading cause of death in people over the age of 65 years is Alzheimer’s disease (Alzheimer’s Association, 2015). The Bulletin of the World Health Organisation predicts…

This paper is going to be about Alzheimer’s disease, the stages of the disease, the medications that are prescribed to help with cognitive impairment from the disease, as well as what researchers have found as a possible cure for Alzheimer 's. Alzheimer’s disease is classified in the DSM-V as a neurocognitive disorder. Neurocognitive disorders (NCD) are “those in which impaired cognition has not been present at birth or very early life, and thus represents a decline from a previously attained…

genes for inconsistencies or mutations. Availability, cost and request protocols are examples of issues that may make it difficult for Australians to receive genetic testing (ALRC, n.d). Destroying memory and other essential mental operations, Alzheimer’s is a progressive disease first identified with confusion and difficulty recalling…

years after diagnosis (Alzheimer’s Foundation, 2016). Early-onset AD typically occurs in people ages 30 to 60, and represents only 5% of all Alzheimer cases (Alzheimer’s Association, 2016). Most cases of early-onset AD are related to mutations in the genes APP, PSEN1, and PSEN2. Epidemiology Risk…

behavior. Eventually, damage reaches nerve cells that control and coordinates movement. Figure 4 Brain from normal elderly person (upper left and right)vs. brain of Alzheimer’s disease patient(Tyas 2001) The ‘Alzheimer’s Association’ related the key symptoms that individuals experience to the seven stages of AD(AD Association 2003). Progression of the disease begins with ‘No Cognitive Impairment’ stage where no memory…

daily living. There are differing forms of dementia such as vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease. Currently Alzheimer’s disease is the 6th leading cause of death among individuals in the United States. Alzheimer’s disease is currently felt to account for sixty to eighty percent of dementia cases within the United States. (Alzheimer’s Association, 2015) Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking, and behavior. The disease…

Health Issue Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible and progressive brain cell degenerative disease that causes a steady decline in memory and mental functioning (“Overview,” 2015). As the most common form of dementia, the causes of Alzheimer’s disease may vary and result from a combination of multiple disorders that alter brain changes such as, clumping of amyloid plaques, tangled neurofibrillary or loss of connections between nerve cells in the brain (“Alzheimer's Disease,” n.d.). Currently…