Dementia

misconceptions that dementia is Alzheimer’s. Dementia is a broad term for a group of symptoms that interfere and damage the brain tissues. As it is not a specific disease, there are many different types that affect your brain. What dementia and Alzheimer’s have in common is that there is a decline in cognitive function and one of these three components: aphasia, apraxia, and agnosia. Memory loss is the biggest factor with dementia, but memory loss alone is not what causes dementia. With aging,…

Vascular dementia is defined by Zhong et al. (2016) as a general dementia caused by a series of cerebral vascular factors such as ischemic cerebral vascular disease. The dementia is very similar to Alzheimer’s disease and they share some symptoms such as impaired memory and cognitive function. Some of the non-cognitive symptoms of vascular dementia include tinnitus, sleeping disorder, numbness of the extremities, and emotion changes. Calabrese et al. (2016) believes there are two principal…

types of dementia and common signs and symptoms Dementia is what’s known as an “irreversible brain disorder affecting different parts of the brain, causing an effect on a range of functions” Bartle (2007). Every from of dementia is a progressive condition, this means that the brain will become damaged more over time, this therefore means a person’s ability to remember, communicate and understand what goes on around them may will decline. When researches such as scientists look at dementia they…

In 1906, Alois Alzheimer described the pathological features of presenile dementia. He noted the presence of military foci (Plaques) and fibrils in the brain of one of his cases, although he was not the first to describe the clinical features nor was he the first to describe the plaques. He was, however, the first to describe the fibrils. This disease was named after him by his senior colleague because of his statement that he was describing a new disease entity. (Hardy 2006).…

Dementia is defined as a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking, and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily functioning (Mayo, 2016). This disease is so much more than normal age-related changes. Dementia itself is not a disease, but a general term for loss of memory and other mental abilities that impact daily life. Diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Lewy body Dementia, Vascular Dementia, and Parkinson’s Disease, are a few examples of diseases that cause dementia. Education…

Alzheimer Disease is a progressive brain disorder that begins with memory loss. Eventually, this leads to dementia and then death. The disease targets the hippocampus which acts as the memory and intellect database and entangles the neurons which create mixed, lost and delayed signals. The symptoms of this illness are repeated statements, forgets about conversations and events, on a regular basis misplace personal possessions, become lost in familiar places, and over time eventually forget the…

“One in nine people age 65 and older (11 percent)… [have] Alzheimer’s Disease” (Alzheimer’s Association), that’s a 1 out of nine chance that you could develop Alzheimer’s in the future. Alzheimer’s develops and affects the person for the rest of their life. The disease affects not only the patient but the family also. The pathophysiology, clinical manifestation, and medical management are what make Alzheimer’s different from any other disease. Pathophysiology The ultimate cause of Alzheimer’s…

the patient meets two of the five dementia symptoms and the severity of the symptoms. The two most common symptoms in determining Alzheimer’s is memory loss and language issues. There are three stages of progression a person goes through. More stages of progression have been documented, bringing the total number of stages to seven. The first three stages are: the person doesn’t demonstrate any signs or symptoms, they start having several impairments, and dementia. When the person reaches stage…

loss may require round-the-clock supervision. There are many reasons your senior loved one may experience memory loss. The most serious of these reasons is dementia, which is a progressive and insidious disease that ultimately erodes a person's memories and capacities until they pass on. Thankfully, not all memory loss is caused by dementia. Other common causes of memory loss include strokes, sleep apnea, depression, concussions, emotional trauma, drugs and alcohol, and even doctor prescribed…

caregiver burden can be defined as the caregiver’s perception of the physical, emotional, economic, and social cost of the caregiving relationship. Beinart and colleagues 2012, also describe that caregiver burden increases with greater Alzheimer Dementia severity, and both patient and caregiver characteristics have been found to explain greater caregiver burden, with some differences depending on the caregiver-patient relationship. Definition…