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Definition Symptoms Diagnosis

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Treatment Plan
Statistics Work Cited
of Care
Definition
Alzheimer’s is a disease that slowly destroys
brain cells, which in turn causes people to
lose their memories to the point where it
becomes difficult to perform simple tasks.
 Symptoms

Memory Language Disorientation

Short term memory Has problems with Disorientation of
loss Language (s) time and place
(speaking)

Sleep Mood Thinking

Impaired sleep Changes in moods, Has a hard time with
(too much sleep) personality and abstract thinking
behavior
 Diagnose
Doctors conduct tests to see the patient's cognitive &
functional capabilities along with any behavioral
changes they notice and act accordingly. Doctors also
test patients to rule out other possible conditions that
cause similar symptoms. These tests include of:
● Mental status Test
● Neuropsychological Testing
● Blood tests
● Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap)
● Urinalysis
● Chest X-ray
● Electroencephalograms
● Computed Tomography Scan (CAT can)
● Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
● Genetic Testing
 Treatment/Plan of Care
Since there’s no cure for Alzheimer’s, there are For early/mid stage
medications that are taken to help slow down the of Alzheimer’s
process instead. There’s a prescription named
Aducanumab that can be used to help reduce ● Donepezil
amyloid deposits in the brain, which can help slow the ● Rivastigmine
● Galantamine
progress of Alzheimer’s since the amyloid plaques
● Aducanumab
won’t fill the brain too quickly. This would work well
for those in the early stages of alzheimer’s.
Memantine is also prescribed and used to decrease
symptoms for those who have moderate to severe Treatment for behavior
Alzheimer's
● Risperidone
● Haloperidol
● Antipsychotic medicines
● Antidepressants
 Our Statistics

In 2021, 6.2 million Americans alone have been living with

Alzheimer’s Disease. Out of the 6.2 million, women made
Gender up two-thirds of this adding up to a total of 4,154,000 of
women who has Alzheimer's. As well as out of these 6.2
33% million, 85 years olds and older made up 36.4% which adds
up to 2.27 million in total. Unfortunately, in the next 3
decades scientists have predicted that these numbers will
67% rise up to 13.8 million. And will continue to rise in the
unforeseeable future.
 Work Cited
https://medlineplus.gov/alzheimersdiseas
e.html
https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia
/facts-figures#:~:text=An%20estimated%2
06.2%20million%20Americans,Americans
%20with%20Alzheimer's%20are%20wom
en.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con
ditions/alzheimers-disease/in-depth/alzhe
imers/art-20048075
https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/how-alzhe
imers-disease-treated
https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-hap
pens-brain-alzheimers-disease#:~:text=A
myloid%20Plaques&text=In%20the%20Alz
heimer's%20brain%2C%20abnormal,of%2
0beta%2Damyloid%20influence%20Alzhei
mer's.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti
cles/PMC3719424/#:~:text=We%20esti
mated%20that%20in%202010,%5D%2
0%3D%204.0%E2%80%935.5).
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20/2020_Facts_and_Figures_Fact_Sheet
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https://www.alz.org/media/documents
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(pg21)
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/alzhei
mers-disease/treatment/