Dementia

Demographic Information For this assignment I watched Still Alice (Glatzer, 2015). This movies main character is Alice who is a linguistic professor at Columbia University. At the begging of the move she is celebrating her 50th birthday. She is married to John and has three adult children Anna, Tom, and Lydia. After having some issues with her memory Alice decides to see a neurologist who tests her cognitive abilities and does scans of her brain. After the test are performed Alice is diagnosed…

Name of the CD; include acronym or other referenced names, if applicable (1 pt.) There are many different names and acronyms used for Alzheimer’s. The most common names, also the names used in Still Alice, are Alzheimer’s disease or Alzheimer’s Dementia (AD). Some other names include Alzheimer’s Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s Syndrome. Etiology (1 pt.) Alzheimer’s is a disease where the brain cells start to die. The brain size shrinks while inclusions in nerve tissue called plaques and tangles…

Does Alzheimer 's affect the way your brain works and how your body functions? Alzheimer 's is a progressive, degenerative, and irreversible brain disorder. Alzheimer 's Disease results from a combination of genetic, lifestyle, and environmental factors that affect the brain over time. Less than five percent the time, Alzheimer 's is caused by specific genetic changes that almost guarantees a person will develop the disease. Plaques on the brain may cause some of the cells to die, as well as a…

AD can be categorized under 7 stages. Stage 1 is the state of no reported impairment or abnormality, be it physical or mental. The individual continue to exhibit normal life behavior, doing their daily routine things. At this stage, only a PET Scan can detect whether or not the individual has Alzheimer’s. Stage 2 is where minimal impairment begins to crop up with a distinct example being forgetfulness. At this stage, the individual fails to recall normal and simple things like a word or 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…

impair an individuals intelligence. Aphasia only affects a persons language capabilities. Aphasia has occurred in about 25-40% of all the people that have survived a stroke, it may also be caused by a brain tumor, brain infection, or a form of dementia such as Alzheimer's disease. In some cases aphasia…

Introduction Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, affecting nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. To better understand the breadth of this disease, it is vital to define the following terms. The word amyotrophic means “without muscle nourishment”, which refers to the loss of signals the neurons normally send to the muscles. Lateral means “to the side”, which refers to the location of the damage in the spinal cord. Sclerosis means “abnormal…

Lavender was very adamant and said she wanted to be completely alone to finish her work. So the nurse and I walked back to the main area and she said I was welcome to sit with the other patients. The nursing home I go to is separated by those with dementia and Alzheimer’s and everyone else. I sat with a group of elderly ladies who were intently watching Wheel of Fortune, and in between episodes, I tried to make conversation with them. It was a bit awkward, though, since I had no idea what to…

Huntington’s disease is a progressive and fatal type of dementia caused by dominant allele in chromosome 4. (Kail & Cavanaugh, 2016, 2013, 2010, p. 44) It is an autosomal-assertive, progressive neurodegenerative affliction with a definite phenotype, including chorea, lack of coordination, cognitive deterioration, and behavioral difficulties. (Perandones, Micheli, & Radrizzani, 2010, p. vii) Huntington’s disease was identified by George Huntington in 1872. Huntington Disease is also referred to…