Read Case Study 5: Dementia (Alzheimer's Disease)
Case study 5: Dementia (Alzheimer’s Disease)
Patient description: SW is a 69 year old man, he is 5’9”, weighs 173 lbs. His blood pressure is 122/80 mmHg and total cholesterol is 204mg/dl, HDL-C is 47 mg/dl. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease 2 years ago, shortly after retiring from a career as a financial advisor. He has now reached symptoms consistent with stage 4 of the disease http://www.alzheimers.net/stages-of-alzheimers-disease/ . He is fully capable of walking at this stage, and shows no major signs of motor impairment. His wife, MW, aged 61 years, is seeking help from an exercise physiologist as an adjunct to his treatment in hopes of slowing the advance of the illness. SW was an avid golfer and fisherman, but has otherwise …show more content…
For endurance exercises he will do the mini-workout for the same twice a day, for two days a week. However, the mini-workout will increase all of its exercises by two repetitions. Weeks 5 and 6 will consist of sitting/floor yoga on Monday and Friday, and assisted swimming on Wednesday. This will be done in bouts of 20 minutes. The last two weeks will consist of walking on Monday for 20 minutes, assisted swimming on Wednesday, and yoga on Friday. walking, swimming, water aerobics, yoga, and tai chi.
In conclusion, exercise helps people sleep better and feel more alert during the day, so it can promote a normal day-and-night routine for people with Alzheimer’s. It also will improve his mood. The repetitive exercises such as walking and indoor bicycling, may lower his anxiety, because they don't have to make decisions or remember what to do next. Working out will bring benefits like: better lubricate joints, a more stabilized spine, an increase circulation, strengthen postural muscles, and keep ankle joints flexible, strengthen mobilization muscles, and strengthen tibialis muscles or shin. Working out will obviously not cure the disease, but it will ease some of the symptoms that come along with
Patient description: SW is a 69 year old man, he is 5’9”, weighs 173 lbs. His blood pressure is 122/80 mmHg and total cholesterol is 204mg/dl, HDL-C is 47 mg/dl. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease 2 years ago, shortly after retiring from a career as a financial advisor. He has now reached symptoms consistent with stage 4 of the disease http://www.alzheimers.net/stages-of-alzheimers-disease/ . He is fully capable of walking at this stage, and shows no major signs of motor impairment. His wife, MW, aged 61 years, is seeking help from an exercise physiologist as an adjunct to his treatment in hopes of slowing the advance of the illness. SW was an avid golfer and fisherman, but has otherwise …show more content…
For endurance exercises he will do the mini-workout for the same twice a day, for two days a week. However, the mini-workout will increase all of its exercises by two repetitions. Weeks 5 and 6 will consist of sitting/floor yoga on Monday and Friday, and assisted swimming on Wednesday. This will be done in bouts of 20 minutes. The last two weeks will consist of walking on Monday for 20 minutes, assisted swimming on Wednesday, and yoga on Friday. walking, swimming, water aerobics, yoga, and tai chi.
In conclusion, exercise helps people sleep better and feel more alert during the day, so it can promote a normal day-and-night routine for people with Alzheimer’s. It also will improve his mood. The repetitive exercises such as walking and indoor bicycling, may lower his anxiety, because they don't have to make decisions or remember what to do next. Working out will bring benefits like: better lubricate joints, a more stabilized spine, an increase circulation, strengthen postural muscles, and keep ankle joints flexible, strengthen mobilization muscles, and strengthen tibialis muscles or shin. Working out will obviously not cure the disease, but it will ease some of the symptoms that come along with