Alzheimer's Disease

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in different stages such as, mild which is the early set of the disease. This stage last from two to four years associating with repeated questions and some problems expressing and understanding language. The second stage is moderate which duration are two till ten years. During this stage the person can no longer cover up problems. Pervasive and persistent memory loss impacts life across settings. They start to ramble speech, unusual reasoning, and confusion about current events, time, and place.

The last stage is the severe stage, which a person is confused about past and present. They loose recognition of familiar people and places (ALZ.org).

I currently work in an assisted living facility where I take care of residents that have Alzheimer's known to some as dementia. My first experience of this disease was not easy to deal with. Although it took me a while to learn the attics of how to deal with an elderly person with this disease it made me realize how important it ...

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names even very late in the disease. However their married name often disappears from memory.

There is not a single, comprehensive test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease (Thomas Gale 2009). By ruling out other conditions through a process of elimination, physicians, or other specialists, can obtain a diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease with approximately 90 percent accuracy. However, the only way to confirm a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is through autopsy. Examination and evaluation are essential in determining whether the dementia is the result of a treatable illness. In addition to a complete medical history and physical examination, diagnostic procedures for ...

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