Vascular Dementia

Abstract Dementia has many forms and it is a decline in memory, language and reasoning. Alzheimer’s is a form of dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder, meaning the loss of function and stability. This is a disease that affects cognitive and physical abilities in the patient. Many people in the world have Alzheimer’s and it is in elders over the age of 65. There are lots of treatments available, but there is no cure for it. Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease (A.D), Caregivers

people aren’t aware of vascular dementia, and some of those who are aware of it misunderstand the disease. It’s very important to be educated on how the disease could affect you or someone you care about, and how you maybe able to deal with it. Cerebrovascular disease, also known as vascular dementia, is the second to most common form of dementia. It is characterized by blood vessels changing over time in the cerebrum (brain). The most common reason for vascular dementia is due to aging of the body;

Appendix C – 6.3 Bibliography "Vascular Dementia." Alzheimer's Australia. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Jan. 2017. . This website provides useful information into exactly what vascular dementia is and how it is diagnosed, treated and includes statistics and facts. The author compares the differences and similarities between vascular dementia and Alzheimer's. Since I was already planning on comparing between the two diseases, I found it extremely beneficial that this website had already done that as it reduced

Abstract Dementia is considered to be discovered by a German psychiatrist by the name of Alois Alzheimer. This discovery was made during the process of his examination of a patient with unusual behavior. In that discovery he found similarities that are linked to having Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia is known as being a slow, yet steady decline of one’s mental ability. The disease eventually becomes so severe that it will interfere with one’s daily living ability. This is not one specific disease

This is a new admission transferred from Florida got here last night with a history of vascular dementia with the addition of head trauma in 05/2016. The patient has minimal communication skills and all of this is related by her daughter, Linda Abrams. Linda tells me that her mother was born in Brooklyn, graduated from high school, worked both at Macy's and a ladies dress factory that her father owned. Around the age of 22, she married had three children. Linda Abrams lives in the Briar Creek

Dementia is a disease that is seen to be affecting many of our elderly population nowadays. Dementia patients show progressive symptoms, which become severe with age. Some of the symptoms include memory loss, difficulty performing intellectual activities and overall lose of cognition. There are many causes of dementia so therefore the prevalence rate of it is increasing yearly. Dementia can be caused due to genetic vulnerability such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), lifestyle choices and from other chronic

Introduction Dementia is a chronic illness that effects millions of Americans annually with increasing numbers. The general understanding of dementia is that it affects the mind, and while it does affect the mind, entangles much more than just that. Dementia engulfs a patient 's mind, family, a level of caregiving, and an involvement in research of the disease. The Mind Adults age 65 years and older make up around 13 percent of the population (39 million people). This number is likely to increase

The Effects of Dementia Alex Guthrie University of Tennessee Chattanooga Introduction Dementia is a chronic illness that effects millions of Americans annually with increasing numbers. The general understanding of dementia is that it affects the mind, and while it does affect the mind, entangles much more than just that. Dementia engulfs a patient 's mind, family, a level of caregiving, and an involvement in research of the disease. The Mind Adults age 65 years and older make up around

Following the Development of Vascular Dementia ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Dementia was defined by Cummings et al. (1980) as 'an acquired, persistent impairment of intellectual function with compromise and at least of the following spheres of activity: language, memory, visuospatial skills, emotion or personality and cognition.' Dementia occurs as a series of subtypes, one of which is known as vascular dementia (Brown, 1993). Vascular dementia is a disease which is

of Dementia which is Alzheimer’s, Vascular Dementia, and Lewy body dementia. Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 60-70% of cases of dementia. It is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and get worse over time. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. Vascular Dementia is caused by problems in the blood supply to the brain, typically by a series of minor strokes. This is the second most common form of dementia. With this type of dementia things