Except here, the baker and the butcher are geriatric nurses and specialists trained to deal with the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, which can manifest themselves as disorientation and occasionally aggressive behaviour. There are a handful of such places scattered round the world, thou...
Knowing that things such as exercise, nutrition, socialization and intellectual stimulation are imperative in delaying the progression of Alzheimer’s motivates the family to incorporate these elements into their daily life.The family is now prepared to live well with Alzheimer’s disease....
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive, clinically heterogeneous, age-sensitive neurodegenerative disease, characterised by often escalating impairments of memory and other cognitive functions together with associated changes in personality and behaviour [1,2,3]. Amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangl...