By Jocelyn Harris Meet my mom Zoetta Diagnosed with Alzheimers and Dementia Disease Dementia Care Often neglects the person Treat the person with dementia as a person first and their diagnosis second ID: 349959
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Dementia Vs. Alzheimer’s Disease
By Jocelyn HarrisSlide2
Meet my mom
Zoetta
Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and Dementia DiseaseSlide3Slide4
Dementia Care Often neglects the person
Treat the person with dementia as a person first, and their diagnosis second
Dementia is an intellectual disability, the person is still there and they have a right to survive just as we do with dignity and respect.Slide5
Alzheimer’s And Who It can affect
Usually this disease start around age 65
It is still widely misunderstood
Genetics do play a role
Diet in saturated fats, and over exposure to aluminumSlide6
Stage One I
t’s impossible to tell anything is wrong because nothing is visible
Stage Two
S
hort memory lapses, misplacement of keys
Stage Three
D
ifficulty with language, not able to plan or organize
stage four
A
nxiety in social situations, unable to manage business matters and finances.
Stage Five C
onfusion about their surroundings, can’t remember day, date, week or month.
Stage six W
andering, hostility, urinary and fecal incontinenceStage seven Catatonic state, lose ability to speak and respond to others. can’t sit, stand, smile, or forget to swallow. this stage leads to death somewhere around eight years.
Stages of Alzheimer’s Slide7
Conclusion
I want to be able to work in the health services field to care for individuals like my mom.
By completing my bachelors degree I hope to be employed in this field and make a difference for someone’s family member and love one.Slide8
By Jocelyn Harris
the endSlide9
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