Alzheimer's Disease Case Studies

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia in the United States, with its commonness expected to increase dramatically in the coming decades. Although awareness of Alzheimer's disease has increased greatly among professional and amateur audiences, exact means do not exist to calculate how many Americans the disease affects. However, it is estimated that there are over 5.1 million people aged 65 or older with probable Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer’s is also the sixth leading cause of death in America. Throughout, I will be addressing the issues that surround this disease: it is not an inevitable consequence of aging, the care and treatment, and end-of-life decisions. While explaining these issues, the goal is to achieve a better

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Alzheimer's disease typically develops slowly and progressively gets worse over time. It affects the brain area, including one’s memory, thinking, judgment, language, problem-solving, personality and movement (Kurz, 2012). There are five stages associated with Alzheimer's disease which include (a) preclinical Alzheimer's disease, (b) mild cognitive impairment, (c) mild dementia due to Alzheimer's, (d) moderate dementia due to Alzheimer's and (e) severe dementia due to Alzheimer's (Kurz, 2012). Looking at the situation of the 77-years old woman, she is categorized to be in the mild dementia stages where memory loss, changes in personality, wandering, difficulty in expressing thought is occurring. Individuals at this stage are well monitored; they have a hard time remembering recent events or newly learned information while they repeatedly ask the same question over and over. They become socially challenged and isolated with possibility of displaying feelings of anger, guilt and irritability. It is very common for them to get lost in familiar places and can become agitated and hostile

The Alzheimer’s Association is a nonprofit association formed in 1980 by Jerome H. Stone and several representatives from several family support groups. The organization tries to address and bring awareness to a growing problem within our aging population, which is the development of Alzheimer’s and dementia in the senior population. On the official Alzheimer’s Associations website they explain their mission and purpose which is “ to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care for all affected; and to reduce dementia through promotion of brain health.” (ALZ.org, n.d.). Although Alzheimer’s and dementia can develop in earlier stages of a person’s life and there have been documented cases

In 1984 the criteria for diagnosing Alzheimer’s was developed by the Alzheimer’s Association. These three levels of diagnostic certainty were: Possible, Probable, and Definitive. In the Possible AD level, symptoms were not typical, but other disorders were ruled out. For example, it could be diagnosed if the patient had another illness, as well as with symptoms of dementia. The next level is Probable AD. In this level of criteria, the diagnostic evaluation excludes other causes of diagnostic decline. In addition to this, the historical pattern of functional and behavioral disturbances was noted. With these techniques, doctors were able to diagnose with an 85-95% accuracy. The last level was called Definitive AD. Within in this level, an autopsy was performed and the examined brain tissue revealed

We present the case of a male (JR) who initially presented with mild psychosis, memory problems, uncharacteristic apathy, persistent depressive state, and family reports of occasional agitation at the age of 69. The family had been overseeing homecare without medical supervision based on their own research and family history. A complete physical was performed and no major comorbid conditions were found. Laboratory tests revealed abnormally high total tau and ptau levels in the cerebral spinal fluid, low levels of β amyloid protein, and confirmed JR harbored the apolipoprotein E ɛ4 susceptibility genotype consistent with a maternal history of dementia. A baseline Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score was then established, indicating JR had mild/moderate dementia and focal neurological signs. At the end of the first year the MMSE score declined by 5 points and extrapyramidal signs were evident, but during the second year an additional 8 MMSE points had been lost and JR had to be placed into a nursing facility. Due to the rapid progression of JR's dementia further testing was performed for signs of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which was negative. During the third year, JR passed away and the post-mortem confirmed the presence of Alzheimer's disease and the absence of prion disease.

(Intellectual Development Disorder) Alzheimer’s Disease (G30.9) Mr. Jewell is currently using Risperdal 2mg HS for his mental health needs. He has a good sense of humor with a friendly approachable disposition and gets along well with other people. Mr. Jewell struggles with limitations due to his Dementia. He is not oriented to place or time and his short memory is due Alzheimer’s disease. Consumer continues to meet with his psychiatrist Dr. Capiro once weekly for one-on-one session to evaluate and determine if he is okay with hi current medication. Consumer was at his baseline this month, he was complaint with taking his medication and going for appointment.

Dementia is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. It is the fifth leading cause of death for those age 65 and older. In 2014 an estimated 5.2 million Americans of all ages have Alzheimer’s disease. This estimation includes 5 million people age 65 and older and about 200,000 people under age 65 who have younger-onset Alzheimer’s. One in nine individuals age 65 and older have Alzheimer’s disease. Approximately one-third of people age 85 and older have Alzheimer’s disease. Of those with Alzheimer’s disease, the majority are age 75 or older. The number of new cases of Alzheimer’s increases dramatically with age. It was projected in in 2014, there will be about 59,000 new cases in the class of people age 65 to 74, 172,000 new cases

The only way to confirm a diagnosis of Alzheimer's is by autopsy of brain tissue. It is important to carefully evaluate individuals who exhibit the symptoms of dementia because so some of the cause can be treated reversed. The reversible conditions include metabolic changes, drug reactions, and depression. The physical, psychological, and neurological examination can lead to a relatively accurate diagnosis. This requires the medical history, mental status testing, blood test and brain imaging to rule out other causes of dementia like symptoms. Even though there isn’t one specific test that is able to identify Alzheimer’s, a comprehensive evaluation will include the physical examination, neurological, health history, mental status, analysis

At some point in our lives we have probably all known someone that had or has dementia. Dementia is a generalized term that refers to the progressive, irreversible decline in mental function. Dementia is a disease that not only affects the patient but also affects the patient’s loved ones. Caring for a loved one with dementia can be very difficult and heart breaking but there are lots of resources to help.

She is 94 years old just had a birthday 11/11. She has been here since 08/2014 end-stage dementia initially with a right hip fracture. She has now been in the dementia unit since its opening. In this interval period of time, there has been no major change of her status. I have talked to the nursing staff. They say that she gets a little bit more agitated in the evening when they try to provide care to her but not impeding the CNA's from doing their care requirements. She eats about 50% of her trays. Her weights have been stable. She has about 125 pounds over the last several months. This month has weighed in at 123 pounds. There has been no acute illness or incident which has required acute intervention during this interval period

Alzheimer's is a sort of dementia that causes issues with memory, deduction and conduct. Manifestations for the most part grow gradually and deteriorate after some time, getting to be distinctly sufficiently serious to meddle with day by day assignments. A standout amongst the most well-known indications of Alzheimer's is memory misfortune, particularly overlooking as of late learned data. Others incorporate overlooking imperative dates or occasions; requesting a similar data again and again; progressively expecting to depend on memory helps or relatives for things they used to handle on their own.Sometimes overlooking names or arrangements, yet recollecting that them later. A few people may encounter changes in their capacity to create and

A review of the medical records indicates that she suffers from multiple medical illnesses which includes, advanced Alzheimer’s, advanced stable CKD, chronic depression, chronic stable hyperlipidemia, chronic stable HTN and chronic stable hypothyroid.

A review of her medical records indicates that on 12/16/16 and 12/20/16 she has urine ordered for UA, C & S due to increased incontinence. On 1/3/17 she was ordered a psych consult due to mood changes. She is taking buspirone hcl 15 mg for agitation. She does suffer from advanced dementia. The facility nurse reports that she continues to suffers from co-morbidities of hypothyroid-stable, HTN-stable and anemia which is chronic. She is known to the palliative care team as she was admitted to palliative care July of 2016 due to her advanced dementia and weight loss, at which time she was in assisted living. She has since transferred to SNF at the gardens due to her progressive decline.