Essay on Confirming Alzehimer's Disease

COGNITION, REASONING AND JUDGMENT: The patients score of 136 and the Dementia Rating Scale was within normal limits. Ability to obstruct commonalities on simple verbal analogies was unremarkable. Ability to determine same different relationships in geometric design was mildly impaired. Simple Arrhythmia Sequencing was unremarkable while Complex Residence Sequencing revealed one error of sequence but she was able to return to the appropriate sequence without guidance. Ability to determine appropriate solutions to basic problem solving in areas in simple hypothetical emergency situations was unremarkable. Cognition declines only mildly as information length and complexity increase. Performance improves within tasks structure.

Prior to diagnosis the individual may show signs of forgetfulness due to an incline in memory functions. They may even show signs of a decline in reasoning and communication

c) Age-related cognitive impairment (or mild cognitive impairment MCI) – is when an elderly person’s memory starts to wane and they have problems recalling their short term memories, they have difficulty learning new things, their thinking process starts to become reduced and have difficulty concentrating. It is thought that MCI can develop due to alcohol abuse and cognitive decline (poor diet, chronic inflammation, vascular disease and

Both have related that they now have to actively work to maintain their previous mental acuity. In their 20’s, both did well in college and were well respected in their

Certain qualities are consistently observed in the Alzheimer’s victim. These dysfunction’s, though, are not exclusive to Alzheimer’s disease. Consequently, declaring Alzheimer’s by these parameters is a matter of degree rather than an absolute. Characteristic dysfunction’s have been noted in Alzheimer’s victims, but the degree and severity of these varies from patient to patient. Thus, evaluation of the patient’s mental status must be made based on the sum, rather than a single characteristic. Memory is one of the first noticed deficiencies, beginning typically with the recent and short term memory, and progressing from there as the disease grows more severe. In addition, deterioration in language skills, attention span, praxis (performance of an action), and visuospatial skills are commonly seen. Also observed are changes in the actions and personality of the Alzheimer’s victim. These include changes in mood, motor activities, activities of daily living, socialization skills, psychotic disturbances, vegetative symptomology, and rise in anxiety levels. Again, the

The nature of the behavioursWhen reviewing this area, it is important to note that there is an ongoing debate regarding the definitions and basic terminology for ‘non-cognitive’ symptoms. The term currently favoured in the psychiatric literature is ‘behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia’, but most of the psychology community still use the label ‘challenging behaviour’ (Emerson et al, 1995). Within these broader terms, further distinctions have been made (e.g. Cohen-Mansfield et al, 1992; Allen-Burge et al,

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An individual’s needs and abilities change over time as a result of their condition and are different for each person. All abilities involve more than one memory and dysfunction of the brain will affect a person’s abilities. Self-awareness and identity can be lost that may affects a person’s abilities and needs. Furthermore anxiety, depression, mental health issues, loss of independence, loss of companionship, change of circumstance. Moreover Seven Stages of Alzheimer's (2006) going from no impairment to very server cognitive decline shows the fluctuation of the needs and abilities.

As people get old a few of them will experience changes in cognition with age related capacity rather than intellectual capacity. There are some people who get both disparities of mentally and physically impaired that will led into depression due to aging process of their body. Even though, the forgetfulness is a common among older adults, we as healthcare providers must evaluate altered mental status of the patients. “The evaluation and management of altered mental status are broad and require careful history and physical examination to eliminate life-threatening situations”(Patti & Dulebohn, 2017). Therefore, it is very important to recognize the importance of difference between normal age-related symptoms and developing new health problems that can arise in this specific population. As elders get older their memory lapses it frustrating to them leading them to be more worried about changes in their memory. Nurses have a unique capability to promote a cognitive health and determine the possibilities of potential cases of the impairment in elders. The movie “On Golden Pond” Mr. Norman was a perfect example and showed that his symptoms were interfering with his everyday live when he almost burns down the house with fire, calling Bill by his daughter’s name Chelsea and getting lost in on the lake. Even though, Mr. Norman had heart and dementia problems his wife never discouraged him to do what he liked such as

The frontal lobe of the brain if affected by dementia can mean that the sufferer is ‘unaware’ that their behaviour is unacceptable, or not the ‘norm’. The sufferer can become agitated very quickly, and suffer from depression. They may be unaware of apparent dangers, and unable to recognise what is ‘acceptable’ or ‘unacceptable’ behaviours. They may have violent outbursts, and exhibit ‘threatening’ behaviour to others.

Evidence of significant cognitive decline from a previous level of performance in one or more cognitive domains — such as complex attention, executive function, learning, memory, language, perceptual-motor or social cognition.

Agustin was a 76-year-old male, who lived in a comfortable home with his wife Juana in Hastings, NE. He was a healthy man, until his wife started noticing that something was different about him. Over time, Juana would start to notice that Agustin would forget simple things such as the date &time and would go to the store and forget to bring back the food she had requested. This concerned Juana, so, she convinced Agustin to go to the emergency room. Once at the emergency room, Dr. Matthew, began to ask Agustin some questions about his medical and family history. Turns out, Agustin’s family had a history of Alzheimer’s. Nonetheless, the doctors wanted to be sure about the diagnosis, so they decided to perform some mental and verbal tests on Agustin.

Alexander disease is a rare disorder of the nervous system. It is one of a group of disorders, called leukodystrophies, that involve the destruction of myelin. Myelin is the fatty covering that insulates nerve fibers and promotes the rapid transmission of nerve impulses.

The XXY syndrome, most commonly known as Klinefelter syndrome (KS), only affects males of all ages. This syndrome occurs when there is a random genetic error after conception and is not curable, however treatment can help.All females have XX chromosome and all males have XY chromosomes. Unlike the normal XY type that all males have, males affected have an additional X chromosome which results into many symptoms such as impaired spermatogenesis, low testosterone, and male hypogonadism. Since Klinefelter syndrome is related to the sex chromosomes of males, it is a sex link trait.

Jimmie G is a middle aged man who can remember his life in clarity and with great detail but only up to a certain point- the end of World War II. Therefore, Jimmie G. is incapable of remembering any event or life experiences that have occurred after the time period when World War II was over and done with. Sadly, Jimmie G can't even remember things that happened only five minutes ago. Furthermore, Jimmie G still considers himself to be twenty years of age even though he recognizes the face of an older man when he looks in the mirror. This discrepancy in age determination is solely due to the fact that after looking in the mirror and recognizing an older individual in just a few minutes he has forgotten that he ever looked in the first place! Fortunately, Jimmie G is very intelligent and hence, he is not retarded but his knowledge only stems from his high school years and while he worked for the navy.