Caregiving and dementia

of Diagnosing Dementia Early Millions of Americans suffer from dementia, the brain-altering disease that primarily affects the aging population. There is no cure for dementia. However, research suggests that early diagnosis can greatly improve the quality of life for dementia patients. Also, receiving treatment at a dementia care facility in Troy can help patients cope with easier. Understanding Dementia Dementia affects every aspect of a person’s life. People who suffer from dementia are often…

Introduction Motor neuron diseases (MND) are a group of pathologies in which motor neurons are selectively affected. Amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a member of this group, affecting both upper (UMN) and lower motor neurons (LMN) [1]. ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease [1], with an estimated incidence in Caucasians of about 1,2-4,0 per 100,000 person-years [2]. ALS incidence increases with age, being more frequent between the 6th and 7th decades and in women more than men…

As we live our lives, at some point and time we will be faced with a conflict that really affects our outlook on life. It shows us what is really important and what is just petty. The thing that conflicted my life recently was being faced with the fact that my grandmother has parkinson's disease. When faced with a conflict it is obvious that we want to try to solve it or do what we can, especially when it is someone that means so much to us. Knowing someone with this disease, I felt compelled to…

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, every 66 seconds someone in the United States develops dementia. With this being said the prevalence of dementia within the past 20 years has increased exponentially and the cost of this disease in 2010 alone has reached more than “$604 billion”, with the cost continuing to skyrocket every year (Wimo et al., 1). Across the world more than 35 million people are faced by this terminal, dehabiliting disease that has no known cure or treatment to prolong to…

Dementia is a debilitating condition affecting the mind of affected persons so that their cognitive skills and memory are impaired to the extent that it affects their ability to perform their activities of 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…

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…

In today’s society, delirium and dementia are common because they can affect many individuals. Dementia and delirium often confused due to both causing cognitive impairment and having similar symptoms and the possibility of co-existing together. In this paper, delirium and dementia will be discussed to get a better understanding so that differences will be distinguishable. Delirium Delirium is a condition from an etiology that results in a state of confusion and disturbances in attention,…

1) What important information can be obtained from a neurologically-impaired patient while taking a thorough history? Important information that can be obtained during a thorough history of a neurologically-impaired patient is the speed of onset of condition and the pattern of progression. The patient can describe the symptoms through each stage of the onset from acute, subacute and the chronic stage. The pattern of progression can be found with the patient determining whether there symptoms…

Name Summary This study was conducted with 12 Caucasian and Latina women dementia caregivers. The participants were given self-report questionnaires including the Depression Scale, a self-efficacy scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Revised Memory and Behavior Problem Checklist which determined their reactions to upsetting events associated with being a caregiver to complete one week before the yoga instruction course called Inner Resources began. The Inner Resources program consisted…

Furthermore, there are so many gaps when it comes to informing and providing proper literature to caregivers on dementia and how to care for them. Most families wouldn’t know that dementia is diagnosed by utilizing 10/66 criteria. In addition, this information is very important to be explaining to the family (Abdin, Siow Ann, Chao, Vaingankar, Boon Yiang, Verma, & Subramaniam, 2017). Dementia is a progressive disease and need special care to assist them on their down spiraling process.…