Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Disease
Presented to: Madam Farah Batool
Presented by: Hafiza Iqra Ashraf
(purple group)
BSN post RN
Objectives:
› At the end of this session we will be able to ..
› Define Alzheimer’s disease and prevalence &
Incidence
› Comprehend its causes and types
› Distinguish its sign & symptoms
› Review medical management
› Formulate nursing management
› Outline its complications
Alzheimer’s Disease:
› Alzheimer's, is a chronic
progressive, irreversible,
neurodegenerative disease that
begins insidiously and
characterized by gradual loss of
cognitive functions and
disturbance in behavior and
affect.( Brunner and
Suddrath’s )
Prevalence Incidence
› prevalence is the total Incidence is the number
number of cases of the of new cases per unit of
disease in the population person–time at risk
at any given time.
› :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPT1nD6Wh6E
› https://www.nrsng.com/care-plan/alzheimers-
Thank you !!!!!
Any questions???