Senior Care for Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease. It is considered the primary reason why a person experiences dementia. Once a person is diagnosed to have Alzheimer’s disease, it is expected that he will experience progressive deterioration in intellect that will result in decline in his daily activity. The most significant of all the symptoms is loss in memory. Read more
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Mild Cognitive Impairment is a progressive neurodegenerative illness, affecting thinking and memory. Galantamine is a reversible cholinesterase inhibitor that inhibits the degradation of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, and may have other actions on nicotinic receptors as well. The review finds that galantamine was more effective than placebo in improving cognitive function. A greater proportion of people taking galantamine than of those taking placebo was rated as improved or not changed after three to six months. There was evidence of improvement on measures of activities of daily living and behavioral symptoms. Read more
Causes and Diagnosis of Pick’s disease
Pick’s disease is a relatively rare, degenerative brain illness that causes dementia. The first description of the disease was published in 1892 by Arnold Pick. Until recently it was thought that Pick’s disease could not be distinguished from Alzheimer’s disease during life. Consequently, it has been little studied, and much less is known about it than about Alzheimer’s disease. Read more
Alzheimer’s Stages - Mild Cognitive, Moderate Cogntive, Severe Cognitive
Staging systems provide useful frames of reference for understanding how the disease may unfold and for making future plans. But it is important to note that not everyone will experience the same symptoms or progress at the same rate. People with Alzheimer’s die an average of four to six years after diagnosis, but the duration of the disease can vary from three to 20 years. Read more
Symptoms of Brain Injury Dementia
Long-term problems can develop after a Traumatic Brain Injury. These include Parkinson’s disease and other motor problems, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia pugilistica, and post-traumatic dementia. If you or someone you love has developed a long term problem as a result of a brain injury, fill out this simple form today for a free case evaluation. Read more
Symptoms of Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia (mental deterioration of memory and thought processes) among the elderly. It is estimated that 4.5 million Americans over the age of 65 are affected with this condition. After the age of 65, the incidence of the disease doubles every five (5) years and, by age 85, it will affect nearly half of the population. Read more
Treatment of Delirium
Delirium is an organic psychiatric syndrome characterized by fluctuating consciousness and impairment in cognition, perception, and behavior. It is generally short-lived and has symptoms similar to longer duration psychosis seen in patients suffering from schizophrenia, major depression with psychosis, or bipolar disorder with psychosis. Read more
Causes of Senile Dementia
Senile dementia is the mental deterioration (loss of intellectual ability) that is associated with old age. Two major types of senile dementia are identified: those due to generalized atrophy (Alzheimer type) and those due to vascular problems (mainly strokes). Senile dementia is often used when referring to Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is most likely to affect older people: of all people over 80, 20% suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. Read more
Delirium Symptoms
Delirium is a syndrome, or group of symptoms, caused by a disturbance in the normal functioning of the brain. The delirious patient has a reduced awareness of and responsiveness to the environment, which may be manifested as disorientation, incoherence, and memory disturbance. Delirium is often marked by hallucinations, delusions, and a dream-like state. Delirium affects at least one in 10 hospitalized patients, and is a common part of many terminal illnesses. Read more
Vascular Dementia Symptoms
The cardinal sign of dementia is a decline in a person’s normal intellectual functions–most notably, a decline in memory. Problems with short-term memory typically show up first. There may be general forgetfulness, or a tendency to misplace household items. But over time, the memory lapses become more severe, and the dementia begins to take a debilitating toll on thinking, judgment, communication, and emotional stability. Read more
