Alzheimer's disease

Normal physiologic function
1. Limbic System
2. Hippocampus and temporal lobes
3. Frontal lobe
4. Occipital lobe
5. Parietal Lobes
Variation and context
Risk Factors
1. <65 years old
2. 2/3 women
Causes are unknown but associated
1. Plaques
2. Tangles
COGNITION
1. Brain disorder
  1. Impaired cognition
    1. Dementia
      1. Parkinson's diease
      2. HIV
      3. Lewy Body
      4. Traumatic Brain Injury
      5. Fronto-Temporal
      6. Vascular
      7. Substance abuse
      8. Prion disease
    2. memory
    3. thinking ability
    4. reasoning
    5. problem solving
Assessment
1. Language
2. Orientation
3. ADL's
4. Judgement
5. Abstract thinking
6. Forgetfulness
7. Mood and behavior
8. Personality
9. Initiative
10. Diagnositic
  1. Imaging
    1. MRI
    2. PET scan
  2. Neuropsychometric testing by Neuropsychologist
  3. Clinical Management
    1. Primary Prevention
    2. Secondary Prevention
    3. Collaborative Management
      1. Medicine
        Phamacotherapy
        Aricept
      2. Nursing
      3. Nutrition
      4. Speech and language
      5. Audiology
      6. Home health
      7. Counseling
Complications
1. Problems and impairment
Stages
1. Early
  1. Middle
    1. Late
      1. End of life
Interrelated Concepts
1. Functional ability
2. Intracranial regulation
3. Caregiving
4. Palliative care

Resource summary

	Created by Rex Aguinaldo about 4 years ago