Alzheimer's Disease Speech

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Alzheimer’s disease Rachel Dunn Indiana University East As we all gathered together on this chilly morning I began to look around at all the support for Alzheimer’s. Individuals assembled together for many different reasons. Some were there to support a cause they believe in while others were there in honor of a loved one. Before the walk began each individual had the opportunity to get a Promise Flower based on the reason for their involvement: The blue flower represented an individual with Alzheimer’s, the purple flower represents having lost a loved one to Alzheimer’s, yellow symbolizes supporting or caring for someone with Alzheimer’s, and orange represents supporting the cause and a vision of a world without …show more content…

I sat down to talk to my grandfather. He was sitting at the table in his favorite spot looking at the day’s local newspaper. He loved reading the newspaper from front to back each day. After joining him at the table and asked if there was anything good in the paper. He replied by saying, “I don’t know because I haven’t read it yet.” I knew in my heart that he had been sitting at that same spot most of the day reading the same paper over and over. As he continued to read and talk with me he kept asking me the same questions over and over. I would reply with the same response, answering each of his questions. My grandfather was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease the previous year. This is only one of the many encounters I had with my grandfather in which there was a constant reminder of his illness. According to Yu Sun (2014), “Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease clinically characterized by progressive dementia and neuropsychiatric symptoms include confusion, aggression, language break-down and loss of cognitive functions” (p. 1). Throughout this paper I will examine the history of Alzheimer’s, warning signs of Alzheimer’s, ricks factors, stages of Alzheimer’s, treatment, and personal experiences with the …show more content…

During 1906 a collection of brain cell abnormalities were identified as a disease by a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer. A patient of Dr. Alzheimer’s died of severe memory problems, confusion and difficulty understanding questions after many years of these symptoms. It was during the brain autopsy that the doctor noted condensed deposits surrounding the nerve cells. As the doctor further examined the brain he noticed that inside the nerve cells there was twisted bands of fibers. This lead to the disease being named after him and that the deep deposits and tangles means a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Over the years, there has been different types of research completed in regards to Alzheimer’s. Cognitive decline was linked with Alzheimer’s also during this time period. It was believe that the cognitive decline was affected by the number of plaques and tangles in the brain. With this new light of information the medical community started to recognize Alzheimer’s as a disease and not a normal part of aging. Scientist became more interested in understanding the human body as a whole and this took place during 1970 and 1980. A breakthrough was made during 1990 with an important discovery and a much better understanding of complex nerve cells in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. This new discovery led to Alzheimer defenselessness genes and numerous drugs were approved to

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