ALZHIEMER'S DISEASE
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- Created on: 21-01-16 15:29
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- Alzheimer's disease
- Causes
- Plagues and Tangles
- Plagues are insoluble proteins that build up around nerve cells
- Tangles are insoluble twisted fibres that build up in nerve cells
- Still unknown what triggers it
- Factors that increase risk of getting Alzheimer's disease
- Age
- Family history
- Can be caused by the inheritance of a single gene, some families are offered genetic counselling
- Down's Syndrome
- Genetic fault that causes Down's Syndrome can also cause amyloid plaques to build up in the brain over time
- Whiplash and head injuries
- Cardiovascular disease
- Factors associated with Cardiovascular disease can increase the risk Alzheimer's
- Smoking
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- High cholestrol
- Factors associated with Cardiovascular disease can increase the risk Alzheimer's
- Plagues and Tangles
- Dementia
- Can be caused by Alzheimer's disease
- Symptoms
- Memory loss
- increasing difficulties with tasks that require planning
- Becoming confused in familiar environments
- Difficulty finding the correct words/numbers
- Difficulty finding the correct money/handling money in shops
- Personality changes
- Depression
- Not inherited
- Symptoms
- Memory loss
- increasing difficulties with tasks that require planning
- Becoming confused in familiar environments
- Difficulty finding the correct words/numbers
- Difficulty finding the correct money/handling money in shops
- Personality changes
- Depression
- IMPACTS
- ON INDIVIDUAL
- Physical
- Impairment of function/ Limited mobility
- Intellectual
- May affect learning oppotunities
- Social
- Affects a persons interactions and relationships with others
- Emotional
- Can affect self worth and confidence
- Financial
- May affect a persons ability to work, thus decreasing income
- Physical
- ON FAMILY/CARERS
- Emotional
- May feel stressed or worried
- May feel emotionally and physically drained as looking after someone is demanding
- Financial
- May have to pay for residential care/a full time carer
- May not be able to work/work less, which decreases income and increases stress
- Social
- May not have time to partake in social activities
- Intellectual
- May miss out on oppotunities
- Emotional
- ON INDIVIDUAL
- BARRIERS
- Educational
- Poor provision/access
- Employment
- Lack of flexibility
- Discrimination may mean a lack of opportunities
- Societial
- resulting from prejudice, ignorance
- Social exclusion
- Low expectations of ability
- Societial expectations
- Economic
- Potential loss of earnings
- Requirement of specialist support which is not provided by the state
- Lack of access to services/benefits
- Environmental
- May have poor access to public transport/buildings
- Poor access to services
- Educational
- RISKS
- Abuse
- Impaired mental capacity increases risk of abuse
- Makes it harder to detect if abuse is happening
- Can occur in all care settings including by care workers and professionals in formal; care settings and by unpaid carers, family members, neighbours and strangers in informal care settings.
- Canc take the form of psychological, financial, emotional, sexual or physical abuse.
- Impaired mental capacity increases risk of abuse
- Isolation/social exclusion
- Abuse
- Legislation
- Care Act 2014
- Mental Capacity Act
- The Equality Act 2010
- Causes
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