Dementia according to Stephen Tilley is a “progressive global impairment of cognitive function.” It means that dementia is a disorder in the mental domain and dementing illness has to do with abno...
Adult day care (ADC) service centers should be built in our community to take care of elders during the day time when their family members are out at work or unable in pertaining necessary heed to the...
There is what people call as the art of getting old. This has probably an element of truth because getting old makes many people seriously inferior, insecure and irritable. To grow old takes wisdom; m...
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a fatal and progressive brain disorder named after the German physician Alois Alzheimer who was the first person to describe it. This is an age-related and irreversible bra...
Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
Alzheimer disease, the most common cause of old-age-associated dementia, accounts for over 50% of the dementias seen in the general adult population. Current projections indicate that over 4 million A...
There are a heterogeneous group of degenerative diseases that involve destruction of the large motor neurons of the brain. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is one. The motor effects of this disease...
Caring for the individuals with dementia
Currently, incidences of disruptive behavioural problems such as agitation, aggression, rest-activity pattern and sleep wake disturbance are reported to be high in people with dementia. The specific d...
Etiology and Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative brain disorder and is the main cause of dementia. The major clinical manifestations of Alzheimer’s disease include gradual loss of memory and language. Other ...
Cognitive behaviour is dysfunctional emotions and behaviours caused by damage in the brain affecting part of the brain responsible for memory and all that we learn from birth- how to talk, eat etc. Th...
Presence of Depression in Patients Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disorder that is associated with cognitive and memory deterioration, progressive impairment of activities of daily living, a varie...