Dementia pugilistica

“Music has power – especially for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.” (AFA Website 2016). Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible neurodegenerative condition (that deteriorates significantly over time) of a patient’s memory and daily bodily functions. Since humans are living longer and our older population is increasingly getting larger there are more and more people suffering from Alzheimer’s than ever before. There are currently over 5.4 million Americans suffering…

If the patient already suffers from a personality disorder, the onset of dementia will serve to enhance or diminish the disorder. Patients in Cluster A have solitary/paranoid personality disorder. These patients tend to have an overwhelming tendency to be improperly suspicious of others. The personality traits of Cluster A were…

Outline for The Main Effects of Alzheimer’s Dementia. A) INTRODUCTION: There are many different types of Dementia but most common are Alzheimer’s. People are unaware of the effects that their loved ones suffer with when diagnosed with this disease. There are 3 stages of Alzheimer’s that eventually take over the human brain of someone with this disease. The three main symptoms for each stage of Alzheimer’s are stage 1: Memory impairment – memory is affected, not being able to remember…

1.2 The areas of the brain that are affected by dementia are the frontal lobe, this is the section of the brain that controls our behaviour,movement, personality and our surroundings The parietal Lobe controls the language we use,recognition of places and people. Our occipital Lobe controls our eyesight and our ability to see, there is also the temporal lobe, that controls our speech , hearing and memory 1.3 Dementia often share the same symptoms as a person who is suffering from…

Understanding Dementia In this booklet I will be giving a description on six different types of dementia that affect people in the UK and their most common signs and symptoms. I will then outline the possible effects of dementia on an individual’s health and their quality of life. And finally give an assessment of the possible effects of different types of dementia on individuals and their families. What is dementia? Dementia is an illness or disease of the brain that includes memory loss and…

Alzheimer's disease was named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer; however, Dr. Alois Alzheimer was not the only person to contribute to the discovery of the neurological disease, Alzheimer's. According to Dennis J. Selkoe in "Amyloid Protein and Alzheimer's Disease," he states, "Even before the time of Alzheimer, pathologists knew that the human cerebral cortex sometimes contained variable numbers of spherical plaques" (252-253). So, the question is, what did Dr. Alois Alzheimer contribute to the…

a very stressful thing to face. While the brain in struggling to remember lost memories of family and friends, a person with dementia can become angry, sad, or even depressed. This is why music therapy is so helpful to them. Music is known to calm the brain from stresses. According to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, the best music to play for a person with dementia is music from they listened to from the ages eighteen to twenty-five. In-addition to familiar music, music from movie’s like…

Lewy Body Dementia: Lewy body dementia is the second most common type of escalating dementia after Alzheimer's disease. This condition leads to a gradual decline in mental capabilities. It may also create visual hallucinations, which typically take the form of animals or people who are not there. This can cause abnormal behavior such as having discussions with deceased loved ones. Another sign of Lewy Body Dementia may be massive shifts in awareness and attentiveness. Incidences may include…

Parkinson’s disease is a hazardous disease and one of the most common diseases in US, about one million people live with it. It is a progressive movement disorder which means that the symptoms may get worse over time. Till now the cause is not identified or known .There is no cure but there are treatments to reduce the symptoms by medications and surgery. WHAT IS PARKINSON’S DISEASE? It is a brain disorder affecting brain cells in the brain. Parkinson’s affects neurons in an…

Despite there being no significant difference in mortality rate between neurological clippings and endovascular coiling, neurological clippings are superior to endovascular coiling. Neurological clipping is a surgical procedure that involves cutting off the blood flow of the aneurysm by using a metal clamp to clip the ballooned vein (NINDS, n.d.). A beneficial aspect of the neurological clipping is the affordability of the procedure. Neurological clippings are inexpensive, ranging from $18,233…