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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease - Symptoms/early signs: misplacing things problem with routine tasks language prob loss social skills; withdrawal loss of interest in things prev enjoyed worsens to point where you can't regnize familly members pneumonia and hip fx. 50% die within 6 months, Alzheimer's Disease - Biomarkers that indicate risk glucose measuriing with PET hyippocampal density MRI, Death and Dieing Pt Intervention: hospice care- 1)affirm life and death as normal part of life 2)pain relief-modalities 3)include psych and spirtuality 4)provide family support 5)don't hasten nor postpone death palliative- "providing comort" hopsice- only provides palliative care ???? EOL Legal Issues: 1)power of attorney- aka hcealthcare proxy- 3rd partycontrol to legally act in your place 2) advance directive- specifying in adv medical decisions Physician Asst Suicide- Montana; Washington; Oregon the inidividual decides Euthenasia- decision made by Dr. to end life, Goals 1) help family deal with it 2)PROM 3)position changes 4) stretching --- Environment Mngmt: -make safe -elimate competing stim during therapy -music -, Symptoms/early signs: misplacing things problem with routine tasks language prob loss social skills; withdrawal loss of interest in things prev enjoyed worsens to point where you can't regnize familly members pneumonia and hip fx. 50% die within 6 months ???? acetyl-choline dependent function deteriorates nicotene may hv protective effect, Alzheimer's Disease _ Dimentia: types mentioned in classs Pik's Disease- no plaques Lewy body dementia, Goals 1) help family deal with it 2)PROM 3)position changes 4) stretching ???? Patient Mngmt: 1) behavior mngmt, Alzheimer's Disease ???? not reversible form of dementia post-modrum exam only way to completely confirm, Symptoms/early signs: misplacing things problem with routine tasks language prob loss social skills; withdrawal loss of interest in things prev enjoyed worsens to point where you can't regnize familly members pneumonia and hip fx. 50% die within 6 months ???? Risk factors: 40% inc. if 2 immediate relatives with disease 47.2% of people over 85 head trauma females > males long-term HBP low level education- "use or lose" exposure to heavy metal, Dimentia: types mentioned in classs Pik's Disease- no plaques Lewy body dementia - Meds prevent plaques- anit-amyloid agents