Dementia pugilistica

There is no denying that dementia is a scary and daunting disease. Otherwise known as senility, dementia causes the afflicted to lose the ability to think and remember even the most basic activities. The disease is long term and gradual. Dementia has been mentioned in medical texts since ancient times. However it wasn't until the 1920s when the term dementia was definitively defined as "permanent, irreversible mental deterioration." Since then a cure for the malady has been the number one goal…

higher risk of dementia. Also, those who did not visit an ophthalmologist had higher chances of experiencing cognitive decline, which can be also associated with hearing loss. However, it is not yet known whether having and regularly wearing proper hearing aids can decrease the risk of dementia or slow its encounter. Dr. Lin found that those with hearing loss, that their cognitive will decline within six years. Also, older adults with hearing loss face an increased risk of dementia, which…

Alzheimer's symptoms, Causes, Risk Factors and Prevention Alzheimer's disease is the loss of intellectual and social abilities severe enough to affect daily activities. In Alzheimer's disease, brain tissue health has decreased, causing memory loss and mental abilities. Alzheimer's disease is not contagious, but rather a syndrome similar to apoptosis of brain cells at the same time, so that the brain appears to shrink and shrink. Alzheimer's disease is also said to be synonymous with the…

Aging is part of every human life and there is no escape from it. But the changes an aging individual experience are not harmful. As we age, our hair thins, our skin wrinkles, and sags, our body deteriorates and our brain process’ slows down. In point of fact, we lost awareness as we age and we may forget things. But how would we know if our forgetfulness is part of normal aging and not a disease? Is there any difference between the two? How It Differs Well, forgetting to brush our…

Have you ever wondered what it is like to wake up and not know who your family is or where you even at? “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…

A definition of the effects of alzheimers disease would probably be that it can start without any real identifiable symptoms, and continues to steadily get worse over time. The disease starts by affecting certain cells in our brain. Once alzheimers disease takes hold it gradually begins to damage the brain cells up to the point where they eventually die. Symptoms will include the deterioration of memory, affects reasoning ability, and the ability to hold normal fluent conversations. Many…

Sundown Syndrome, also known as sundowning, is a fairly common “clinical phenomenon” which has no exact definition. It most commonly appears in the elderly with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, and usually occurs in the late evenings and at night. The causes and range of symptoms of Sundown Syndrome are still being debated, but several symptoms, behaviors, risk factors, treatments, and methods of prevention have been identified. People should become more aware of the symptoms of sundowning so…

Traditional assessment tools for the diagnosis of dementia are usually not suitable when evaluating individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). In addition, the majority of healthcare providers is not armed with the training and experience needed to care for that population holistically. This paper centers on: the progressive changes that occur with dementia especially for individuals with Down Syndrome (DS); the various types of dementia and a focus on Alzheimer’s…

Sagado is part of the university of memphis. His area of study is clinical psychology. The second author is Jeffrey K Zuber. Zuber studies at the university of tennessee health science center. Zuber has done many other pieces which include his work on dementia caregivers as well as Anxiety, Social Support, and Physical Health. The third author of this source is Marshall J. Graney. Graney, also wrote a piece about The cost-effectiveness of a behavior intervention with caregivers of patients…

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