term Dementia Syndrome is a combination of conditions‚ also known as Mixed dementia. Recently autopsies showed that up to 45 percent of people with dementia showed signs of having both Alzheimer’s and vascular disease. Other contributing factors can be motor neurone disease‚ Parkinson’s disease‚ stroke in the brain or a brain disorder. Outcome 1.2‚ 1.3 : Individuals with any type of dementia are usually affected by some form of memory impairment‚ the most common are; Frontal lobe‚ which affects
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Depression‚ delirium and age-related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia because they all share many of the same symptoms as dementia. Medical model for dementia would be when a persons memory is affected by a medical disease or a condition as a result of brain trauma which affects some area of the brain . When we are talking about the social model of dementia we bear in mind ‘the loss or limitation of opportunities to take part in the community on an equal level
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health in various populations improved by practicing music therapy (Novotney‚ 2013)‚ which has been widely practiced in remedying numerous‚ different afflictions such as pain‚ stress‚ chronic mental illness‚ dementia‚ cardiac disease‚ cancer‚ drug abuse‚ Parkinson’s disease‚ fibromyalgia and potentially even Alzheimer’s. Both musical artifacts and musical performances (such as performing relationships) are explored and considered as possible ways for achieving health and well-being (Baker‚ 2013)
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P1- describe the types of dementia In this assignment I am going to be describing 3 different types of dementia. I will be looking at Alzheimer’s disease‚ Vascular dementia and Lewy body dementia. I will be looking at what these dementias are‚ what the signs are and what the symptoms are. Dementia is a common condition that affects 800‚000 people in the UK‚ someone’s risk of developing dementia increases as you get older and the condition usually occurs in people over the age of 65 years old
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Dementia is a loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases. It affects memory‚ thinking‚ language‚ judgment‚ and behavior. This disease usually affects the old generation. As the human body ages‚ some aspects of life may not be as easy as they were before. In this paper‚ I will talk about the causes‚ symptoms‚ medications‚ diagnosis‚ complications‚ and preventions of Dementia. The causes of Dementia can be heightened. Most types of dementia are nonreversible. Nonreversible means the
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brain cells. The most common form is Alzheimer’s disease which has a gradual progression. The next most common type is vascular dementia which has a step-like progression. About one in four people with Parkinson’s disease also develop dementia. Short-term memory loss‚ disorientation and loss of concentration are common symptoms. There are other less common types of dementia such as Lewy Body dementia and Frontol Temporal dementias (including Picks Disease) which affect the parts of the brain which control
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was when the doctor told Michael that he was diagnosed with young onset Parkinson’s disease back in 1991. In the book Michael says “the doctor said some more words‚ like young onset‚ progressive‚ degenerative‚ incurable‚ very rare. At your age‚ new drugs‚ new hope…the air sucked from my lungs‚ my left arm was shaking clear up to the shoulder” (chapter 1‚ pg. 28). When Michael found out about his diagnosis with Parkinson’s disease‚ he was in complete shock. Michael’s reaction was pretty much like why
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As a young girl‚ I did not know that my father had Parkinson’s disease: an illness of the nervous system that affects movement. I merely thought that he had a slow stride and that his hunched back resulted from years of bad posture. Nearly every day‚ I had to help him out of bed‚ out of chairs or guide him to other rooms‚ all of which I did not mind. My father would always say‚ “Kara is the best nurse I’ve ever had‚” bragging to his friends and anyone else he could talk to about his eight-year-old
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Parkinson’s disease Alisa R. Sewell Collin County Community College at Preston Ridge Parkinson’s disease is characterized as a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system which is understood to persist and continually worsen over time. It is the second most common neurological disorder. Parkinson’s disease affects approximately one million people within the United States. This disorder progresses slowly and is unique in the sense that Parkinson’s disease can be caused by genetics among
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Parkinsosn’s Disease | | Result: | Improved | | History | Patient was apparently normal till 1987 when he developed behavioral symptoms for which he consulted local psychiatrist and was diagnosed for bipolar disorder and advised anti psychotic drugs. Symptoms subsided and again relapsing. Details of the same not available. Since 2002 patient developed insidious onset resting tremors over the hands. h/o slowness of activities of daily living present. Patient was diagnosed for parkinson’s disease
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