I currently work as homes care aid for the
department of developmental disabilities. In order to receive my certification I
had to undergo training. A week work of the training was focused on dementia. In
our classes we spent a brief period of time overviewing the disorder and more
time learning how to care and manage the behavior of victims of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease in particularly. I was interested
in seeing how the books description of the different types of disorders associated
with dementia were similar or differed from the training I received.
Majority of aging adult (especially seen in those with children, grandchildren or spouses) will spend time worrying about the possibilities of devolving Alzheimer’s. As we have read one of the greatest things about aging is being able to sit back and enjoy ones accomplishments in life. People who develop this disease have trouble recalling their location and time; enjoying their life accomplishments seem out of the question for victims of this form of dementia. With the onset of this disease memory starts to gradually decline, learning skills are impaired, self-care skills decrease many cannot care for their own personal needs, often times needing assistance with everyday activities.
The process of diagnosing Alzheimer’s was interesting and new knowledge to me. You would think that since the disease is very common ( about 4.5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s) it would be diagnosed with ease and maybe even over diagnosed.
Although this section included ample information, it would have been nice to see more about the effects on the family of victims as well as elaborated more on treatment, behavioral treatment especially.
Majority of aging adult (especially seen in those with children, grandchildren or spouses) will spend time worrying about the possibilities of devolving Alzheimer’s. As we have read one of the greatest things about aging is being able to sit back and enjoy ones accomplishments in life. People who develop this disease have trouble recalling their location and time; enjoying their life accomplishments seem out of the question for victims of this form of dementia. With the onset of this disease memory starts to gradually decline, learning skills are impaired, self-care skills decrease many cannot care for their own personal needs, often times needing assistance with everyday activities.
The process of diagnosing Alzheimer’s was interesting and new knowledge to me. You would think that since the disease is very common ( about 4.5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s) it would be diagnosed with ease and maybe even over diagnosed.
Although this section included ample information, it would have been nice to see more about the effects on the family of victims as well as elaborated more on treatment, behavioral treatment especially.
It really is so sad that you can live your whole life only to have the memories taken away at the end, leaving you with no recollection of anything you accomplished. It would be so hard to watch anyone go through this, especially someone close to you. I was also surprised to learn that they aren't able to diagnose it definitively until death. I hope research will bring us more guidance and answers regarding this topic. Until then, these suffering families need a lot of support.
ReplyDeletei wonder if that they dont look into to the treatment as much because for as much as we know about it there is so much more left to learn. and its one of the most heartbreaking diseases i have had experience with. i agree with melanie in the hopes of research helping us understand more about it.
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