NURS308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor, Senile Plaques, Degenerative Disease
12 Jul 2018
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By their definition, degenerative neurologic disorders get worse over time. Some progress quickly while others progress over decades. A major goal of intervention is to help the client achieve an optimal level of functioning in light of their neurological deficits. Dementia refers to the loss of memory, reasoning, judgment and language to such an extent that it interferes with daily life. How the changes come about is a key factor in determining if the dementia is chronic or temporary. Pts with dementia experience impairment of cognitive activities and may undergo behavioral/personality changes as well (depending on the area of the brain affected). The causes and types of dementia are numerous. The most common form in people over 65 is alzheimer"s disease (ad). Ad is a progressive degenerative disease of the cerebral cortex and hippocampus that presents as progressive memory loss.
