1.1 What is Dementia? Dementia is a disease where the brain is damaged by a sequence of disease such as Alzheimer’s Disease or a sequence of strokes the brain loses its capability to function correctly and causes severe damage to the brain(Harwood & McCulloch 2014).The loss of function to the brain and changes in the brain affect memory, the person’s mood and their behaviour and also their ability to communicate .There are five different types of dementia which are as follows Alzheimer’s disease
This is an 84 year old female who has a complex medical history that includes dementia, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, atrial fibrillation, neuropathy of her left knee for the past one month. She has had a recent femo-pop bypass with occlusion on her right lower extremity and she has a planned surgery for revascularization in St Cloud next month. She is currently on Pradaxa. Resident is new admit to the facility. She was recently discharged from Maple Grove hospital with left leg pain. Prior
Dementia is a heart breaking disease that does away with the very essence of who someone is. In year’s past, dementia would have simply been described as senility and was often thought of as simply part of getting older. However, dementia education has come a long way and doctors now understand that dementia is really an overarching term that covers several types of disorders, and that each type presents its own set of symptoms. Types of Dementia: Alzheimer’s Disease: This is the most common
This report will discuss the care required for a patient with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is one of the common causes of dementia, it is a disease that causes symptoms such as memory loss and interferes with a person’s intellectual abilities, making it very difficult to perform simple daily tasks. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease, the symptoms are not as noticeable at the beginning but get a lot worse as time goes on. (1) Out of the 5.4 million people in America living with
Becoming a Systems Thinker: Applying Concepts Rayon L. Walton Northcentral University Dementia and Major Systems Concepts Life consists of a series of events and experiences that can significantly impact our existence. It is the ability to cope with the challenging milestones that help shape our character. Dementia is one of these experiences that not only impact the individual, but affects the family unit as well. The expected roles and responsibilities, the sense of unity, and relational
A study shows that 9 in 10 teens that have gotten academic issues afterwards. Taking notes, homework, and studying proves to be harder for students after getting a concussions. Students no matter what age people who have experienced concussions in previous
Why is taking a gender perspective in development strategies important in Burma? The term "gender perspective" is an integral component of every aspect of the economic, social, daily and private lives of individuals and societies, and to the different roles ascribed by societies to men and women. Gender equality means rights and responsibilities do not have to depend on being male and female. Gender mainstreaming in development in Myanmar is very poor, thus women must be empowered, equated and lifted
According to Rubin, Provenzano, & Luria (1974), a study shows that “there is a whole world difference in the parents’ expectations on their sons and daughters which is formed as early as a day after the child was born.” These messages about gender are received by the children early in their childhood years primarily from their parents. This awareness of adult gender role differences is evident in twenty-four-month-old children (Weinraub, et al., 1984). A study suggests that children at thirty months of
Does a person's credibility depend on their appearance? Although some people live by the famous idiom "don’t judge a book by it's cover" which is a method of saying not to base one's prejudice solely on an individual's appearance, most people categorize individuals based on their physical appearance. The psychological science (APS) website claims that a person has a tenth of a second to make a good impression at first glance; which is why celebrities and politicians alike care for their outer appearance
is positively related to political participation, information and efficacy among U.S. respondents (Schlozman, et al. 1994, 1999). The controlling for employment status may mediate a substantial portion of a gender gap in participation. Empirical studies show that women of different ages who were in the upper echelons of a range of occupations were more willing to vote for a woman because of her vision, policy, leadership style and achievements rather than her sex (Healey, 2013) Participants cited