Nursing Assessment for Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia among older people. Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects a person's ability to carry out daily activities.
AD begins slowly. It first involves the parts of the brain that control thought, memory and language. People with AD may have trouble remembering things that happened recently or names of people they know. A related problem, mild cognitive impairment(MCI), causes more memory problems than normal for people of the same age. Many, but not all, people with MCI will develop AD.
In AD, over time, symptoms get worse. People may not recognize family members or have trouble speaking, reading or writing. They may forget how to brush their teeth or comb their hair. Later on, they may become anxious or aggressive, or wander away from home. Eventually, they need total care. This can cause great stress for family members who must care for them.
AD usually begins after age 60. The risk goes up as you get older. Your risk is also higher if a family member has had the disease.
No treatment can stop the disease. However, some drugs may help keep symptoms from getting worse for a limited time.
NIH: National Institute on Aging
nlm.nih.gov
Nursing Assessment for Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia among older people. Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects a person's ability to carry out daily activities.
AD begins slowly. It first involves the parts of the brain that control thought, memory and language. People with AD may have trouble remembering things that happened recently or names of people they know. A related problem, mild cognitive impairment(MCI), causes more memory problems than normal for people of the same age. Many, but not all, people with MCI will develop AD.
In AD, over time, symptoms get worse. People may not recognize family members or have trouble speaking, reading or writing. They may forget how to brush their teeth or comb their hair. Later on, they may become anxious or aggressive, or wander away from home. Eventually, they need total care. This can cause great stress for family members who must care for them.
AD usually begins after age 60. The risk goes up as you get older. Your risk is also higher if a family member has had the disease.
No treatment can stop the disease. However, some drugs may help keep symptoms from getting worse for a limited time.
NIH: National Institute on Aging
nlm.nih.gov
Nursing Assessment for Alzheimer's Disease
- Activity / rest
Signs: anxiety, helplessness, sleep pattern disturbance, lethargy and impaired motor skills.
Symptoms: feeling melting - Circulation
Symptoms: History of cerebral vascular disease / systemic, hypertension, embolic episodes - Ego integrity
Signs: hide incompetence, sit down and
watch the other, the first activity might accumulate
objects are not moving and emotional stability
Symptoms: suspicious or afraid of the situation / person fantasies, misperceptions of the environment, loss of multiple. - Elimination
Signs: Incontinence of urine / feaces
Symptoms: The urge to urinate - Food / fluid
Signs: loss of ability to chew, avoiding / refusing to eat and looked increasingly thin.
Symptoms: Historical episodes of hypoglycemia, changes
in taste, appetite, weight loss. - Hygiene
Signs: a lack of personal habits, forget to go to the bathroom and less interested in eating time
Symptoms: Need help, depending on other people - Neuro Sensory
Symptoms: Improvement of symptoms that exist primarily
cognitive changes, loss of sensation and existence propriosepsi
history of cerebral vascular disease / systemic as well as seizure activity. - Comfort
Signs: ekimosis laceration and a sense of hostile / attack others
Symptoms: A history of serious head trauma,
accident trauma - Social Integrity
Signs: Loss of social control, inappropriate behavior
Symptoms: Feeling lost power
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