Advanced Dementia Case Study

Literature Review: The Effectiveness of the use of Sensory Therapy for Elderly Adults Diagnosed with Dementia.

At today’s visit she is accompanied by her husband and private aide. Her husband reports that she is doing much better. He states that her pain has improved and she has not taken her pain medication since last visit. He states that her anxiety had improved extremely with the recent change in her Xanax. He states that he has hired 24 help for the patient and since she has not fallen. She reports that she is feeling well. The caregiver reports that the patient continue to suffers from hypotension and hypertension with variation in blood pressure. The patient also continues to suffer from chronic tremors as a result of her Parkinson.

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Over three million people every year are diagnosed with a group of conditions, called dementia. Dementia is not a disease itself, but instead is a term that is used to describe a range of symptoms. Actual diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease and strokes, can cause dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause for dementia; it accounts for sixty to eighty percent of all dementia cases. Incorrectly, dementia is sometimes called “senility.” This is incorrect because the term “senility” portrays dementia and its symptoms as normal signs of aging, which is not the case.

People with dementia don’t know what they want or can’t communicate what they want Dementia is a natural part of aging Once you have dementia there is nothing you can do Only the elderly get dementia People with dementia can’t understand what’s going on I should correct what a dementia sufferer says when they are wrong There is nothing I can do to lower my risk of dementia

I had done some searching for a topic and found one on CNN news. I chose the topic: Dementia. The definition of dementia is; a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning. It is not a specific disease because it varies a wide range of symptoms that deals with daily thinking or ability to do things with daily living. Alzheimer's is a part of dementia and accounts for 60 - 80 percent of cases. Vascular dementia is the second leading cause of dementia which occurs after a stroke. There are many other conditions of dementia which can be reversible, such as thyroid problems and vitamin deficiencies. People with dementia have a

The article “The Clinical Course of Advance Dementia” by Susan L. Mitchell, Joan M. Teno, Dan K. Kiely, Michele L. Shaffer, Richard N. Jones, Holly G. Prigerson, Ladislav Volicer, Jane L. Givens, and Mary Beth Hamel are researching the end-stage dementia with older population. The motivations of doing this research are the increasing number of Americans dying with dementia and to gathering information about symptoms and diseases related with advance dementia. The researchers’ goal is to improve the care provided to patient with dementia. The purpose of research is to give expectation to health care providers and patient of what they will face at advance stage of disease.

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People who suffer from dementia disease experiences many challenges as their disease progress, their mental and physical abilities are declining they often rely on someone else to care for them. Often time the caregiver is the spouse who spend 35 hours a week caring for the person who has dementia. The caregiver can face many challenges caring for the person. This paper will explore the effects when caring for a spouse with dementia. The three main effects are : psychological effects, physical issues and financial effects

other brain functions. Dementia is irreversible and has a huge impact on the family and

A number of implications could be made to effectively make demented elderly client benefit from music therapy in reducing agitation. Implement music therapy in care homes and day care setting for better intervention for agitated behavior. Administrator and nursing staff of residential care facilities should consider incorporating music intervention in daily activity program for residents with dementia... Proper training should be given to an activity co-ordinator for delivering music therapy. There is a need to increase the awareness of nursing staff, care staff regarding the importance of music in the field of dementia care. It is best to plan and fund

I’ve always felt most at home in a local nursing home. It became a place of solace, I felt that I could make a difference there more than I felt I could at my own school.I know it sounds a bit odd, but caring for others has always given me a sense of satisfaction. At first my visits were mundane, I was mostly concerned with racking up community service hours. I had been apathetic for some time until the coordinator told me that I would have the opportunity to actually interact with the elderly who suffer with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of Dementia.

My assigned resident for next week is a 75 years- old woman. The resident has an allergy to blueberry however. It is important to make sure that the resident does not have any kind of food or desert that contains blueberry to avoid an allergy reaction. The resident was diagnosed with unspecified dementia as well as other specified intervertebral disc degeneration. Resident also has an umbilical hernia without obstruction or gangrene. The resident was also diagnosed with a urinary tract infection, but the site is unspecified however the resident is also incontinent of urine therefore. It will be important to watch for the urine output. Resident has benign hypertension therefore; it is important to monitor the resident's blood pressure. The resident

In a recent social media video daughter slapping her mother shows loss control turns to become an abuse. Looking after an elderly person can be challenging if the elderly person having physical or mental disease.

At today's visit, she is awake, alert and oriented. She is accompanied by her private help. She complains of chronic, constant shortness of breath that is worse with minimal exertion, has not worsened or improved, is on continuous oxygen. She continues to sleep in her recliner due to increased dyspnea when she lies in a regular bed. She has to seep in an upright position that she cannot achieve in a regular bed. She complains of chronic, dull, intermittent right hip, knee and back pain, her hip pain radiates down her legs, severity 2/10. She states that today her pain feel good because she takes her pain medication. She denies chest pain and reports a great appetite and having regular bowel movements.