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 Trajectories of decline in cognitively complex everyday activities across the Alzheimer’s disease continuum

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (S6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Dubbelman ◽  
Roos J. Jutten ◽  
Sarah Tomaszewski Farias ◽  
Rebecca Amariglio ◽  
Rachel F. Buckley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Everyday Activities

scholarly journals Worries about memory loss and knowledge on Alzheimer's disease in community-dwelling elderly from Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Niures P.S. Matioli ◽  
Arnaldo Etzel ◽  
João A.G.G. Prats ◽  
Wares F. de O. Medeiros ◽  
Taiguara R. Monteiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Memory Loss ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Normal Aging ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Memory Screening

Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly. Efforts to determine risk factors for the development of AD are important for risk stratification and early diagnosis. Furthermore, there are no standardized practices for memory screening. Lack of knowledge on AD, perception of memory loss as part of normal aging, and poor socioeconomic conditions may also be implicated in the current situation of dementia. Objective: To evaluate knowledge of AD in a literate population of elders and correlate these findings with sociodemographic characteristics. Methods: A descriptive survey design study enrolled 994 volunteers from September 2007 to May 2008 in the city of Santos, São Paulo, Brazil, to answer a brief questionnaire consisting of 8 simple questions about knowledge of AD and worries about memory loss. Results: Greater knowledge about AD was associated with eight or more years of education, female gender and age between 60 and 70 years. Also, 52.8% of responders (95% CI - 49.5-56.0%) answered that memory loss is part of normal aging and 77.5% (95% CI - 74.7-80.1%) had never sought a doctor to evaluate their memories. Conclusion: Our study results reinforced that the first line of preventing late diagnosis of dementia is to act in health promotion, especially by targeting subjects older than 70 years of male gender and with lower educational level. It also provided evidence that strategies to promote physician initiative in treating memory problems are also paramount.

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

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

An Autonomous Intelligent System for the Private Outdoors Monitoring of People with Mild Cognitive Impairments

2015 ◽  
pp. 137-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoni Martínez-Ballesté ◽  
Frederic Borràs Budesca ◽  
Agustí Solanas
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Intelligent System ◽  
Cognitive Impairments ◽  
Everyday Activities ◽  
Early Stages

The aim of this chapter is to describe a system for the private outdoor monitoring of patients with Mild Cognitive Impairments (MCI) and dementia. The system has been designed for patients suffering from early stages of Alzheimer's disease and people suffering from MCI and dementia. Virtually, the system may be applied to any person capable of living autonomously but might get lost whilst doing his/her everyday activities, due to a decrease in their cognitive function. The system uses off-the-shelf smartphones carried by patients to detect abnormal situations and to raise alarms accordingly. The authors describe the system, detail its features, and discuss its utility and relevance both technically and socially.

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.

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