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Dementia By: Vicky Zakrzewski
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Statistics
In 2008, there are currently 29.8 million people with dementia, with the number expected to be 81.1 million by 2050.
It is estimated there will be 4.6 million new cases of dementia every year (one new case every 7 seconds). The number of people affected will double every 20 years to 81.1 million by 2040.
What is Dementia
Loss of mental skills that effect your daily life
Causes problems with your memory and how well you think and plan
Most common forms are Alzheimer’s disease and multi-infarct dementia
Coined from the Latin words de – meaning apart or away and mens meaning mind
Causes
Strokes, tumors, head injuries
Diseases such as Parkinson’s
Underactive thyroid gland
Not enough B12
Fluid buildup in the brain
Symptoms
Memory loss is the biggest factor and warning sign
Getting lost in places you are familiar with
For get people they know and their names
Can’t control their moods often are depressed
Trouble balancing a check book or calculating things
Trouble bathing and grooming themselves
Repeating the same question over again
Loss of coordination and basic motor function
Diagnosed
Doctor gives you a physical exam
Mini mental state examination (MMSE)
Abbreviated mental test score (AMTS)
Series of blood tests
MRI and CT scans
Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination to distinguish it from Alzheimer's disease
Types
Most Common: Alzheimer’s disease, Binswanger’s disease, Pick’s disease
Less Common: Creutzfelt-Jakob disease, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease
Effected Brain
Treatment
Less than 10% of dementia cases are reversible
Take vitamins such as B12
Take medicine to treat depression
When it can not be reversed the doctor will prescribe these medications to make it easier for the patient: Aricept® (donepezil Cognex® (tacrine)
Challenges Caregivers Face
If the loved one is able to continue driving
Financial and Legal planning such as what they wish to do with their medical plan, and will
Whether it’s time their loved one should be placed in a nursing home
Care Givers Need Breaks
Local Resources
Respite Care-Publicly or Privately paid temporary care (relieves primary care giver to do errands or just "get away for a while").-Friends and relatives often provide this even when they are unable or unwilling to share primary care responsibilities
.Adult Day Care-Private programs that provide a safe, structured setting that helps maintain functioning in the affected relative (also respite for the care giver)
Adult Foster Care-Private individuals or non-profit organizations maintain houses and provide care for one or more impaired persons (person must generally be able to perform most self-care functions).
Meals on WheelsCase Manager and Service Coordinator-In recent years a number of people, often social workers, assist the families of cognitively and/or physically impaired persons with identifying and coordinating needed services
Video
http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=dementia&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701&tnr=21&vid=0001806360170
Work Cited
http://psychcentral.com/lib/2006/what-is-dementia/
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/seniors/mental-health/662.html
http://www.pharmacy-and-drugs.com/Neurological_disorder/Dementia.html
http://www.ncpamd.com/dementia.htm