Alzheimers dementia Disease Analysis

Running Head: DEMENTIA
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DEMENTIA 2
Introduction
Dementia is an overall term that refers to diseases and conditions characterized by a
reduction in memory, problems with language and other thinking skills that influence the ability
of a person to do their daily chores. There are different types of dementia which occur as a result
of complications in the cerebral cortex, the outer portion of the brain. They are essential in
memory functioning and language. People with dementia are not able to remember words or
comprehend any language. The most common types of cortical dementia include Alzheimer’s
and Creutfeldt-Jakob disease (Chiao, Wu, & Hsiao, 2015). However, this paper will be based
on Alzheimer’s dementia. The other type of dementia is the subcortical dementias that occur due
to the problems in the part of the brain that lies beneath the cortex. People with subcortical
dementia start showing changes in their speed of thinking and capability to begin activities.
Memory loss is the most evident characteristic in persons who have dementia. The most
common cause of dementia is Alzheimer's. People who have dementia can become easily
confused and frustrated (Chiao, Wu, & Hsiao, 2015). This leads to harmful or chaotic conduct
towards themselves and others. They may also have problems in eating and drinking correctly,
and this can lead to other issues like malnutrition and dehydration (Maust, et al., 2015). At the
final stages, there may be more complicated situations including, inability to recognize the
family members, inability to understand language and the person may also not be able to perform
the basic activities of daily life including eating, dressing, going to the bathroom and taking a
shower. At the end stages, there might be more complications that the ageing person will
develop, including several bedsores sprouting, loss of capability to move joints due to loss of
muscle function (Maust, et al., 2015).
Although dementia affects older people in most cases, it is not a normal portion of
ageing. Dementia is progressive, whereby there is deterioration in cognitive performance beyond
the expectation of an average human being ageing (Boots, de Vugt, Van Knippenberg, &
Kempen, 2014). It has a significant impact on a person’s thinking, a person’s orientation,
comprehension, learning capacity and judgment. The impairment in functionality is, in most
cases, accompanied by deterioration in emotional control, social conduct and motivation, among
others. It results in dependency on other people.it is overwhelming to the people who have it and
also their families (Haenisch, Von Holt, Wiese, & Prokein, 2015).
Since dementia progressive and degenerative brain ailment, it impeded messages that are
transferred to the braining. These messages assist people in performing their daily life activities
that we view as mundane and take for granted (Velayudhan, Ryu, Raczek, Philpot,
Critchfield, & Livingston, 2014).