One common sign is losing the ability to move a limb. An “alien limb” may move and have a mind of its own. Other symptoms include jerky movements of one or more limbs or not being able to speak coherently as the mouth cannot move properly. Rapidly progressive dementias, such as Creuzfeldt Jakob Disease, causes an individual to worsen over weeks or months, due to Prions. A Prion is an infectious agent that can cause damage to the structure of the brain or other neural tissue.
Your risk of developing dementia increases as you get older, and the condition usually occurs in people over the age of 65. Dementia is a syndrome (a group of related symptoms) associated with an on-going decline of the brain and its abilities. This includes problems with: • memory loss • thinking speed • mental agility • language • understanding • judgement People with dementia can become apathetic or uninterested in their usual activities, and have problems controlling their emotions. They may also find social situations challenging, lose interest in socialising, and aspects of their personality may change. A person with dementia may lose empathy (understanding and compassion), they may see or hear things that other people do not (hallucinations), or they may make false claims or statements.
There are serious cases of vision impairments such as cataracts, glaucoma and blindness between 7% and 15% of older adults. Ageing can cause loss in taste however; the loss miner and
They can forget to take medications, forget that they need to eat or drink or wash and change their clothes. 3.1 The cause of dementia include various diseases or infections, Drugs, head injuries or malnutrition 3.2 Signs and symptoms of the most common causes of dementia include memory loss, personality change, impaired intellectual function. A noticeable decline in communication and signs of depression, learning and remembering things are forgotten. 3.3 The risk factors for the most common causes of dementia include having a family history, smoking, having high cholesterol and drinking large amounts of alcohol. 3.4 4.1 Individuals living with dementia may experience loss of hearing, which can make things difficult for communication and experience feeling frustrated with others causing misunderstanding of commands.
UNIT 4222-365 1.1 Range of causes of dementia Cells in the brain stop working, and the part of the brain that this occurs in will affect how that person thinks, remembers and communicates. The most common forms of dementia are Alzheimer’s disease and Vascular dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is caused by damage in certain areas of the brain. With time, it spreads and affects cells in other parts of the brain. The cause of the brain cells dying and the deterioration of the connectors is not fully known.
This leads to the decline of a person’s mental health and sometimes physical abilities. The gradual changes and damage to the cells of the brain are caused by a build-up of abnormal proteins in the brain. There are irreversible changes that occur in and individual’s brain lead to: * Death or the loss of the nerve cells * Lots of cognitive deficits, including memory lose * Decline in language understanding * Unable to recognise family and friends * The decline in the overall mental function The abnormal proteins are different in each type of neurodegenerative dementia. In most cases dementia is not inherited from family members directly. Although there a small amount of cases of Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal dementia can be inherited from a previous generation.
Less commonly noticed causes include apparently unrelated problems like celiac disease, which some studies show as a possible cause for dementia-like symptoms. It is also possible that some disease with symptoms similar to neurodegenerative diseases gets misdiagnosed as dementia e.g., Lyme’s disease. In most dementia cases, the underlying disease can not be cured. Also, most irreversible dementias are also progressive, the disease progresses and the patient’s brain function declines until the patient is bed-ridden and fully dependent. Alzheimer’s Disease, the most common cause of
These include Alzheimer’s, Vascular, Fronto-Temporal and Dementia with Lewy Bodies. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of Dementia and can lead to changes in the brains structure ad death of nerve cells. This disrupts the brains usual activity and capacity. With Alzheimer’s there is a shortage of chemicals within the brain and these lead to the symptoms of memory loss, difficulty walking, repeating themselves, poor judgement, losing interest and finding it hard to adapt to change. In the middle stages of Alzheimer’s individuals will need more support to help them eat, wash, dress and use the toilet.
They can lose their ability to function and communicate properly. C) Age related impairment can usually be noticed between the ages of 50 and 70 years. A person can become confused with a minor complaint or infection, plus the memory naturally grows tired with age. OUTCOME 2 UNDERSTAND KEY FEATURES OF THE THEORETICAL MODELS OF DEMENTIA 1. The medical model of dementia can create dependency, restricts choice, disempower, devaluates, reinforces stereo types and can be thought of as oppressive.
About 5 – 7% of people with cystic fibrosis have liver disease. This occurs silently over time, and can go unnoticed or have no symptoms for a long time. Because people with cystic fibrosis have sticky bile, bile ducts can become blocked. This blockage can prevent a normal flow of bile through the duct. Fibrosis of the liver tissue can occur over time, and may lead to scarring.