Dementia pugilistica

would you feel if you were unable to effectively communicate your feelings and emotions? Would you become frustrated, depressed, or even angry? Alzheimer’s disease affects numerous people, in fact one in ten people age 65 or older has Alzheimer’s dementia. Alzheimer’s causes memory loss and gradually diminishes a person’s ability to communicate; therefore, learning how to effectively communicate with those who have Alzheimer’s is very important. Good communication with an Alzheimer’s patient can…

The Forgetting 1.) Alzheimer’s disease essentially takes away who you are as a person. Alzheimer’s takes away the personality and memory of a person with the disease. The symptoms of Alzheimer’s begin when the synapses are disrupted. Plaque forms between nerve cells and blocks communication. Neurons in the brain cannot connect and synapses disappear. Not only does Alzheimer’s disease affect the synapses in the brain, it also attacks the hippocampus, which is the main component of memory, and new…

hard time remembering recent events, and they will also forget the important people in their lives. Alzheimer disease usually occurs to elderly people, but symptoms begin to develop in the mid 60’s. People with Alzheimer disease will develop dementia. Dementia is a persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders. An early symptom of Alzheimer disease is difficult remembering newly learned information. The documentary “Living with…

disease is not curable. Though I was able to see the disease in action in this film I know absolutely nothing about it ,so throughout this paper, I will explore what goes on with someone who has Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia ( a decrease in mental ability that makes normal life difficult) that attacks the brain. Alzheimer’s disease is more likely to be developed the more advanced in years you are. Most people that have the disease are aged 65 or over , but some…

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).…

Alzheimer's disease usually develops through several steps and stages slowly and progressively gets worse over the years. It eventually affects most parts of your brain, including the memory, thinking, judgment, language, problem-solving, personality and movement[1]. The rate of progression for Alzheimer's disease differs extensively. On average, people with Alzheimer's disease live 8 to 10 years after diagnosis, but some people can survive 25 years[2]. There are Three important stages of…

Parkinson’s is the second leading disorder affecting older adults; Alzheimer’s being the first. This disease is characterized by motor irregularities that include tremors, slowness, and rigidness. There are not only motor symptoms associated with the disease; there are also non-motor symptoms that include difficulties in the area of cognition, emotions, and sleeping (Eccles, Murray, and Simpson, 2011). Unfortunately, this disease is also a progressive disorder, meaning that as time goes on the…

• Early stages of Alzheimer’s : 1. Problems with familiar tasks: The person faces problems doing simple tasks like forgetting recently learned information or forgetting important dates and events, in addition to asking for the same information repeatedly, and that they might forget that they made an entire meal or to serve it. 2. Misplacing items: The person seems to misplace items quite often, they tend to lose stuff and not remember the last place they saw them at. • Middle stages of…

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the major causes for dementia, the majority of the people affected by the age. It has been estimated that by 2050, 88 million of the world population will have the Alzheimer’s disease. There are different types of Alzheimer’s disease; for instances, autosomal dominant and sporadic. However, there has not been any permanent treatment identified for this disease. There are several hypotheses stated for the occurrence of Alzheimer’s disease. Major hypothesis is…

The Uses of Music Therapy Individuals utilize numerous aspects of music to benefit others or themselves; recently, individuals use active listening to music as a form of therapy to aid clinical treatments. Such treatment ranges from treating mental illnesses to improving conditions in residential homes to ameliorating physiological conditions after hospitalization. Music therapy remains one of the most popular treatment for depression and depressive symptoms. Certain schools who utilize music…