NUTR 3150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Constipation, Invisible Disability, Music Appreciation
16 Apr 2018
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Today 12000 over the age of 65 in waterloo wellington region are living with dementia, by 2020 this # will grow to more than 13500. It is not a normal part of aging. Dementia is the name of a group of symptoms that include. Memory, judgment, reasoning, ability to communication, ability to function, changes in mood and behaviour (more women than men gradual slow decline) Dementia does not mean ad, there are other causes and some of them are reversible. Frontal temporal (ftd) changes in language, judgement 1st. Vascular step wise (blood flow to the brain) 1/3 of elderly people over 85 have ad and over 90 have ad. Details of recent experiences (but not the experience its self) Always have memory impairment or confusion checked, sometimes symptoms of dementia can be reversed. Depression, medication (interactions, toxicity, sedatives, nutritional disorders (dm, dehydration, vit. deficiencies/ impaction/ constipation), metabolic disorders (thyroid), infections, There is no single test when getting a diagnosis.
