Geography Report on the effect of Alzheimer's
- Created by: Samantha
- Created on: 28-01-13 19:41
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- Background of Alzheimer's Disease
- What happends to the brain in Alzheimer's Disease?
- Gradually start to suffer from memory loss and a decline in thinking abilities
- The individual with also suffer from major personality changes
- major changes in the brain including the build up of amyloid plaques, which kill brain cells
- As the disease progresses nerve cells in parts of the brain shrink and die.
- as nerve cells coninue to die, the brain begins to shrink
- Who is Affected by the Disease?
- 35 Million people worldwide have Alzheimer's disease
- Alzheimer's is the 5th leading cause to death of peopler 65+
- Male patients, usually suffer greater problems, espically in wandering, abusiveness, and socially particularly in the advantaged stages
- There is evidence that people with a higher education are at less risk than people with lower education.
- Alzheimer's disease is not heredtary, even if manyfamily members have the disease
- everyone has the chance of developing the risk of Alzheimer's.
- Economically?
- People with Alzheimer's disease usually have qualified carers come in throughout the day, costing money of the patient
- An economic burden on society
- The financial cost of caring for someone with Alzheimer's can be very overwhelming
- Alzheimer's disease is the third most expensive disea
- Alzheimer's disease include medical costs such as nursing home care, in home day care, loss patient and care giver.
- What happends to the brain in Alzheimer's Disease?
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