Tom Limpony: A Case Study

131 Tom doesn’t know the person his mother has become; low point as he has lost his own identity

Alzheimer’s disease is the most frequent form of dementia, a brain disorder that affects a person’s ability to execute daily activities. Alzheimer’s disease begins slowly. The parts of the brain that control thoughts, memory and language, are affected first. People with Alzheimer’s Disease may have difficulty remembering things recently, faces, or names of people they know. Over time, the symptoms will worsen.

Alzheimer’s is a disease in the brain that affects a person’s memory, thinking, and behavior. It is the most common form of dementia and is common in adults older than 65. More than five million Americans are being affected by Alzheimer’s at this moment. Alzheimer’s comes in three stages; early, middle, and advanced. The disease is caused by the shrinking of the brain due to many risk factors and genetics.

Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disease with many different stages that slows one’s lifestyle and has no real cure. Alzheimer’s disease is named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer. The disease first appears around the age of sixty. Studies have concluded that as many as 5.1 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease. A person with Alzheimer’s loses connections between neurons in the brain (1).

Alzheimer’s is a disease that usually occurs at age 60 and older or sometimes even earlier. Alzheimer’s causes a person to lose his/her memory making them lose their personality. Personally, this video was really helpful in making me understand life better, but more specifically the life of later adulthood.

What once was so important to Tom now was the least of his worries. The only thing that was on his mind was his lover. His wife, Clare. He couldn’t believe he fooled himself into thinking

The Journal of the American Medical Association reports the latest break through in the study of gene causing Alzheimer’s has pointed to two genes, chromosomes 2 and 19 that cause the disease (7). The article also points out another gene, A polipoprotein E-e4, is also linked to Alzheimer’s disease. According to the Journal of Alzheimer’s disease, Jose Vina and Ana Lloret writes that women are at higher risk of Alzheimer’s due

Alzheimer’s disease is a very slowly progressive disease that occurs inside the brain in which is characterized by damage of memory. Also this type of disease can lead into interruption in language, problem solving, planning and perception. The chance of a person developing Alzheimer’s disease increases enormously after the age of 70 (Crystal, 2009). Also people who are over the age of 85 have over a 50 percent chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease. This type of disease is not at all normal in the aging process and is also not something that happens out of no where in a person’s life.

Alzheimer's disease is a progressing disease that destroys the memory and other functions of the body. First sign of Alzheimer’s is the person may seem more confused than before and has a difficulty remembering. Over the time a person with the disease may even forget important people such a spouse, children, siblings, and other family/friends. This disease can cause a personality change within a person, causing them to have mood swings. Alzheimer’s disease the brain cells degenerate and die that causes the decline in memory and mental function. There’s no cure for Alzheimer’s disease.

Tom is the man of the house in the play and he does everything he can to support his family. Another reason Tom does not care for his job is because he wants to be a poet. Poetry is Tom’s passion but his mother, Amanda does not care for him being a poet.

The reason I chose Alzheimer’s disease (AD) as my Case Study is because it is very personal to me. My Mother-in-law, Marcia, was diagnosed with beginning stages of AD 5 years ago. We believe she went undiagnosed for a couple years before that. AD is a family disease that has a huge impact on an entire family. A year ago we moved in with my in-laws to help care for not only Marcia, but my father-in-law, Larry. Larry was Marcia’s sole caregiver and we noticed over the last couple of years taking care of her full-time was taking a huge toll on him and as family, we needed to be there to help care for them both.

Having not watched this film before I was surprised that I liked it as much as I did. In my opinion, every house hold has issues similar or at least must deal with situations that involve feelings. I can somewhat relate to Tom, I too dreaded the thought of having to talk about feelings because in my childhood we never talked about them so as an adult it was difficult to express feelings because of the fear of being hurt. Tom who, in the beginning of the film, uses his humor and wit to avoid the experience of his feelings. His humor was the only way Tom knew how to cope with the sexual, physical and verbal abuse from his childhood.

Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative neurological disorder that is now the sixth leading cause to death in the United States. In the recent years several genes have been pinpointed that are responsible for the disorder, along with twenty genes that have been known to increase and decrease the risk of getting it. Although this newly learned information is helpful it does not fully explain the cause. Scientists have been searching relentlessly to find the explanation to onset Alzheimer's.

Alzheimer’s disease is a malfunction of the brain that worsens over time. Normally, the age to develop Alzheimer’s is over the age of 65, but it is possible to evolve this plight at the age of 40. Studies show that 10 percent of people who are over the age of 65 may have Alzheimer’s disease. Half the people over the age of 85 most likely have Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms become very severe with time and interfere with daily tasks of affected individuals. The old get affected usually, although it is not a normal part of ageing. The disease worsens with time. Memory loss occurs which is mild in early stages but gets very severe with time. The affected individuals in later stages find difficult to respond and converse making this disease a huge social problem. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia causing huge deaths.