Parallels Between Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration: A Case Study of Alzheimer's Disease

2008 ◽  
pp. 147-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Zhu ◽  
G. Casadesus ◽  
K. M. Webber ◽  
C. S. Atwood ◽  
R. L. Bowen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease

scholarly journals Opieka pielęgniarska nad pacjentką w przebiegu choroby Alzheimera z wykorzystaniem ICNP®

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-115
Author(s):  
Karolina Krajewska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Control Field ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Everyday Activities ◽  
Nurse Caring ◽  
It Risk

Introduction. Alzheimer's disease (AD – Alzheimer Disease) is an incurable neurodegenerative disease. The main source of memory discomfort is destruc-tion. With age, irresistibly falling ill with it. Risk factors for the development of Alzheimer's disease are primarily: diabetes, female gender, hypertension and the lack of a control field. It is estimated that in Poland Alzheimer's disease affects about 200,000 people. According to statistics, 60% of all forms of de-mentia are AD. Aim of the study. The aim of the study is to present the activities that should be performed by a nurse caring for a patient with diagnosed Alzheimer's dis-ease. Case study. A 75-year-old patient admitted to the internal medicine ward, she has communication, content swallowing and spatial orientation disorders. It requires constant assistance in the performance of everyday activities. He complains of urinary and faecal incontinence. Conclusion. Thanks to the holistic approach to the patient, it is possible to ensure her correctness and the approach of the patient and her family.

scholarly journals Using U.S. Medicare records to evaluate the indirect health effects on spouses: a case study in Alzheimer’s disease patients

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel M Gilden ◽  
Joanna M Kubisiak ◽  
Kristin Kahle-Wrobleski ◽  
Daniel E Ball ◽  
Lee Bowman
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Health Effects

scholarly journals Selecting Remote Measurement Technologies to Optimize Assessment of Function in Early Alzheimer's Disease: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew P. Owens ◽  
Chris Hinds ◽  
Nikolay V. Manyakov ◽  
Thanos G. Stavropoulos ◽  
Grace Lavelle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Remote Measurement ◽  
Early Alzheimer’S Disease

Mining Twitter to Inform the Design of Online Interventions for Hispanic Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Caregivers

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 138-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunmoo Yoon ◽  
Robert Lucero ◽  
Mary S. Mittelman ◽  
José A. Luchsinger ◽  
Suzanne Bakken
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Topic Models ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Content Mining ◽  
Using Data

Background/Objective: Hispanics are about 1.5 times as likely as non-Hispanic Whites to experience Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD). Eight percent of AD/ADRD caregivers are Hispanics. The purpose of this article is to provide a methodological case study of using data mining methods and the Twitter platform to inform online self-management and social support intervention design and evaluation for Hispanic AD/ADRD caregivers. It will enable other researchers to replicate the methods for their phenomena of interest. Method: We extracted an analytic corpus of 317,658 English and Spanish tweets, applied content mining (topic models) and network structure analysis (macro-, meso-, and micro-levels) methods, and created visualizations of results. Results: The topic models showed differences in content between English and Spanish tweet corpora and between years analyzed. Our methods detected significant structural changes between years including increases in network size and subgroups, decrease in proportion of isolates, and increase in proportion of triads of the balanced communication type. Discussion/Conclusion: Each analysis revealed key lessons that informed the design and/or evaluation of online self-management and social support interventions for Hispanic AD/ADRD caregivers. These lessons are relevant to others wishing to use Twitter to characterize a particular phenomenon or as an intervention platform.

scholarly journals Hallucinations in a Patient with Alzheimer’s Disease During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 455-458
Author(s):  
Mohamad El Haj ◽  
Frank Larøi ◽  
Karim Gallouj
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Social Distancing

While social distancing may be deemed necessary in order to avoid COVID-19 infections, the lockdown may impact mental health of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We present a case study involving hallucinations in a patient with AD who lives in a nursing home during the COVID-19 crisis. We compared this patient’s hallucination scores before and during the lockdown. We observed increased hallucinations during, compared to before, the lockdown. These increased hallucinations can be attributed to a number of elements such as the decreased in daily activities, social distancing, lack of physical contact with family members, and loneliness during the lockdown.

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