and remember. How do people find they have this disease and how will the disease be treated by people? In ancient Greece and Rome‚ physicians always associated old age with memory decay. However‚ it was not until that German psychiatrist Dr. Alois Alzheimer identified the first case of this disease. A fifty-year-old woman‚ who was his patient‚ he called her Auguste D. He followed this case until she died after years of serious memory problem. After she died in 1906‚ doctors recorded the dense deposits
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proportion jumps to about 1/3rd of people in the United States. The disease is caused by brain cell death. At first a few brain cells die‚ but over time it gets progressively worse and many brain cells die. Scientists believe that for most people‚ Alzheimer ’s disease results from a combination of genetic‚ lifestyle and environmental factors that affect the brain over time. It is said that less than 5 percent of the time‚ the disease is caused by specific genetic change in a person. We know that Alzheimer’s
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It is generally accepted that‚ as people grow older‚ many functions across different domains show a decline‚ including cognition‚ memory‚ perception‚ executive function‚ and motor ability. Nonetheless‚ some aspects of cognition are maintained or improved with age‚ such as verbal knowledge (Grady‚ 2012). These age-related functional declines can cause great concerns of well-being and quality of life for a significant number of adults aged 65 or older. Meanwhile‚ these declines can signify the onset
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William Jason Parker BIO 145 April 11.2012 Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s disease is a debilitating disorder of the brain and “is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States” (Alzheimer’s Association) which has three stages. The first stage referred to as mild Alzheimer’s is marked with frequent memory loss and difficulty in retrieving newly learned information‚ as well as‚ difficulty in problem solving and personality deviations. The second stage is considered moderate Alzheimer’s and
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The exact cause of Alzheimer disease is unknown‚ but scientists have proven that there is a strong link between Alzheimer disease and some factors such as genetic‚ environmental‚ and life style factors. Alzheimer disease not only affects the cognitive ability of the patients‚ but also it has behavioural and psychiatric impacts on the patients. In addition‚ family members and friends of the patients would be also affected. Since Alzheimer disease gradually get worse over time‚ damaged brain could
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Alzheimer’s Disease Quiz 1. T F 1 in 11 Canadians over 65 has Alzheimer’s or a related dementia. 2. T F Current medications can cure Alzheimer’s and stop it from progressing 3. T F 75% of Canadians with Alzheimer’s are women. 4. T F Having Challenges in Planning or Solving Problems and Decreased or Poor Judgement skill are not symptoms of Alzheimer’s or related dementias. 5. T F The earlier the treatment‚ the more benefits and treatment possibly are available. 6. Within 5 years‚ as much
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consisting of amyloid plaques‚ neurofibrillary tangles‚ and reduction in neurotransmitter levels. In the Alzheimer brain: The cortex shrivels up‚ damaging areas involved in thinking‚ planning and remembering. •Shrinkage is especially severe in the hippocampus‚ an area of the cortex that plays a key role in formation of new memories. Ventricles (fluid-filled spaces within the brain) grow larger. •Alzheimer tissue has many fewer nerve cells and synapses than a healthy brain. Plaques‚ abnormal clusters of
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Laura Arose MCB 2010 Extra Credit Term Paper Alzheimer’s Disease Aging is an inevitable part of life. With senescence comes biological deterioration such as wrinkles‚ lowered metabolism‚ and reduced cognitive process. Though decreased cognitive processes is expected with old age‚ an estimated 700‚000 people over the age of 65 develop Alzheimer’s disease due to its greatest risk being age. Alzheimer’s disease is known as the “most common form of dementia causing memory‚ behavior‚ and thinking problems”
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74-year old single man‚ named “VJ” who lived with his sister in a single case study. VJ was formerly employed in the construction industry. VJ started to attend the memory clinic in 1993. He was then diagnosed having an early stage of dementia of Alzheimer type (DAT). His sister joined him at the clinic. The researchers started with a process called‚ cognitive rehabilitation (CR) intervention. Cognitive rehabilitation (CR) focuses on memory functioning. Although CR was at first developed for patients
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affected with this condition. After the age of 65‚ the incidence of the disease doubles every five years and‚ by age 85‚ it will affect nearly half of the population. Alzheimer’s disease was firs 4148938 described in 1906 by German neurologist Alois Alzheimer. The disease causes irreversible changes in the nerve cells of certain vulnerable areas of the brain. It is characterized by nerve-cell loss‚ abnormal tangles within nerve cells and deficiencies of several chemicals‚ which are essential for the transmission
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