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Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s Disease. By: Candice Carlson & Josh Edwards. What is Alzheimer’s?. Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia Problems with memory, thinking, and behavior. Symptoms develop slowly, worsen over time. Alzheimer’s accounts for 50 to 80 percent of dementia cases.

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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  1. Alzheimer’s Disease By: Candice Carlson & Josh Edwards

  2. What is Alzheimer’s? • Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia • Problems with memory, thinking, and behavior. • Symptoms develop slowly, worsen over time. • Alzheimer’s accounts for 50 to 80 percent of dementia cases. • The sixth leading cause of death in the United States.

  3. Progressive Disease • Worsens over time • Mild memory loss • Decreased ability to carry on a normal conversation • Respond to environment • Survival • Range from four to 20 years • No cure • Medications to improve quality of life.

  4. Symptoms • Disorientation • Mood and behavior changes • Confusion about events, time and place • Unfounded suspicions about family, friends, and professional caregivers. • Serious memory loss. • Difficulty speaking, swallowing, and walking

  5. Risk Factors • Age • Family history • Genetics • Head trauma • Heart-head connection • General healthy aging • Avoid tobacco, excess alcohol • Stay socially connected • Exercise mind and body

  6. Signs • Memory loss that disrupts daily life. • Challenges in planning or solving problems • Difficulty completing familiar tasks • Confusion with time or place • Trouble understanding visual images and spatial relationships

  7. Signs Continued.. • New problems with words in speaking or writing • Misplacing things and inability to retrace steps. • Poor judgment • Withdrawal from work or social activities • Changes in mood and personality

  8. Stages • Stage one: No impairment • Normal function • Stage two: Very mild cognitive decline • Occasional memory lapses • Stage three: Mild cognitive decline • Misplacing objects, trouble organizing, remembering names of new people • Stage four: Moderate cognitive decline • Forgetfulness of recent events, one’s own personal history, and becoming moody or

  9. Stages Continued.. • Stage five: Moderately severe cognitive decline • Confused about day/location, unable to recall own address or telephone number • Still remember significant details about self and family, no assistance with eating or restroom • Stage six: Severe cognitive decline • Lose awareness, difficulty with personal history, remembering names of friends and family • Trouble controlling bowels and bladder, need help in restroom • Tend to wander or become lost

  10. Stages Continued.. • Stage seven: Very severe cognitive decline • Inability to respond to environment, carry on a conversation, and control movement • Need help with personal care • Loss of ability to smile, sit without support, or hold heads up

  11. Treatment NO CURE!!!

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