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• delirium -✓✓State of severe confusion occurs suddenly and temporarily
Causes- infections, disease, imbalance, poor nutrition
• cognition -✓✓the ability to think logically and clearly
• Cognitive impairment -✓✓loss of ability to think logically; concentration and
memory are affected
• Dementia -✓✓General term referring to a serious loss of mental abilities such as
thinking, remembering, reasoning, and communicating
Progression leads to loss of ADLs
• Is dementia a normal part of aging? -✓✓No
• Common causes of dementia -✓✓Alzheimer's, vascular dementia( multiple
strokes), Lewy body, Parkinson's, Huntington
• What is the most common cause of dementia? -✓✓Alzheimer's disease
• How many people in America have Alzheimer's? What fraction of these people
are 65 and older? -✓✓5.5 million; 1/10
, • What gender is more likely to have Alzheimer's and dementia? -✓✓Women
• What race is two times more likely to get Alzheimer's than older whites?
Hispanics? -✓✓African American; 1.5 times
• Alzheimer's disease -✓✓Tangled nerve fibers and protein deposits to form in
brain
4-20 years
Gradual symptoms beginning with memory loss to loss of ability
Majority dependent on others
• Only sure way to determine Alzheimer's -✓✓Autopsy
• preservation -✓✓Repeating the same word or phrase in response to different
questions
• Do you treat Alzheimer's like kids? -✓✓No
• NAs procedure for personal care and ADLs -✓✓Develop routine and stick with
it
Promote self care
Take care of themselves
• Agitation -✓✓a state of anxiety or nervous excitement
Usually by a trigger