Rachel Pearson Unit 13: Understanding the Process and Experience of Dementia Unit Code: DEM 301 Unit reference number: J/601/3538 Section 1 - Understand the neurology of dementia 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome? Dementia syndrome is a group of signs and symptoms, in which cause damage to cells in the brain. The most common causes are neurodegenerative diseases; this includes Alzheimer’s, Vascular, and Frontotemporal, lewy bodied, Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease (CJD) and Huntington disease. With these diseases the brain cells degenerate and die more quickly than the normal ageing process. This leads to the decline of a person’s mental health and sometimes physical abilities.
Understand the process and experience of dementia. Unit 4222-365 Outcome 1- 1) A range of causes of dementia syndrome. Alzheimer's disease – This is the most common cause of dementia. Brain cells are surrounded by an abnormal protein and their internal structure is also damaged. In time, chemical connections between brain cells are lost and some cells die.
Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 60% to 80% of cases. Vascular dementia; this is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s. It is caused by problems in the supply of blood to the brain, which usually occurs after a stroke. Vascular dementia also occurs because of brain injury or a blood vessel blockage to the brain. Parkinson’s disease; the brain changes caused by Parkinson’s disease begin in a region that plays a key role in movement.
The word dementia means a progressive deterioration of one’s mental functions due to damage to the brain. This goes beyond what might be expected due to the normal ageing process. Dementia can be caused by different factors and also can be mixed. Around 750,000 people have the condition in the UK and this figure is projected to double in the next thirty years (Department of Health, 2012), (Nursing Times 04.09.12/ Vol 108 No.36/www.nursingtimes.net). Alzheimers is the most common form of dementia, responsible for around two thirds of cases.
As many as 5.3 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's destroys brain cells, causing memory loss and problems with thinking and behavior severe enough to affect work, lifelong hobbies or social life. Alzheimer’s gets worse over time, and it is fatal. Today it is the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States. Learn more: Warning Signs and Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease.
I felt such sadness and concern for her, but I was unsure of what to do. This situation is what inspired my topic. There are many things that disturb me about how elderly people are treated. I find it incredibly appalling when I hear stories about elderly people who were brushed aside in our health care system when they needed surgery because a younger, healthier person needed to have a procedure done. My grandmother was once told by a physician that she must not want to go through the hassle of heart surgery “at her age”, as if there was little to no point in her having it done.
A man who loved his mother would have cried a little bit at her funeral. Unlike Meursault’s behavior of being calm and distant at his mother’s funeral. It was unheard of to not have an open casket, but he did not even want to she his own mother one last time. He was not connected with his mother. He seemed to have never been close with her.
Dementia Report Sources: www.nhs.uk www.alzheimers.org.uk What is Dementia? Dementia is a syndrome, meaning a group of related symptoms. It's associated with a continuous decline of the abilities that the brain is capable of, eg. memory, understanding and judgement. In most cases, dementia is caused by damage to the structure of the brain.
This quote proves that after finding out her husband was still alive, the dreams of being free was just wish full thinking, and even though no one really knew her true feelings the life of her husband is what ultimate despair for Mrs. Mallard. In conclusion, the different range of emotion was too much for Mrs. Mallard to endure. The death of her husband sent her to many different places in her mind. Having to control ones emotions has been something that very few people have ever been able to accomplish. Therefore, the range of emotions Mrs. Mallard experienced such as grief, a feeling of comfort, and despair is what finally killed
Dementia affects approximately 800,000 people in the UK alone. It is most common in people aged over 65 and the risk of dementia is greater as you get older. There are several types of dementia including Alzheimers, Vascular, Frontotemperal and Dementia with Lewy Bodies Symptoms Some of the main symptoms associated with dementia are: • memory loss, especially problems with memory for recent events, such as forgetting messages, remembering routes or names, and asking questions repetitively • increasing difficulties with tasks and activities that require organisation