Marisa Obercon
Psycology
March 5th, 2005
Alzheimer's Disease; Memory
Dementia is a progressive brain dysfunction. The clinical definition of dementia is "a deterioration in intellectual performance that involves, but is not limited to, a loss in at least 2 of the following areas: language, judgment, memory, visual or depth perception, or judgment interfering with daily activities" (Institute,1996, p.4)
The most common form of dementia among older people is Alzheimer's disease. Some symptoms may include memory loss, inability to perform routine tasks, mood changes, personality changes, often difficulty in using the right words, and difficulty understanding what people say. This disease is named after a man named, Dr. Alzheimer. He noticed in 1906 changes in women's brain tissue after they passed away from an unusual mental illness. He had found tangled bundles of fiber and abnormal clumps, which today are now signs of Alzheimer's disease.......
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