Alzheimer's

Question 1

What is Alzheimers?

Answer 1

• a brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills

Question 2

How can Alzheimer’s be prevented?

Answer 2

• **Keeping Physically Active **
  -* Increases blood flow to the brain, improves the brains use of oxygen and glucose *
• Following a mediterranean diet
• Protecting your head
• Another risk is traumatic brain injury, repeated concussions
• Challening your brain
• People who remain actively, and socially , learn a new language engaged have a lower change of developing dementia

Question 3

How can someone live with Alzehirmer’s

Answer 3

-Pull together a care team
(doctors, mental health care professionals, etc)
-Get a goodnights sleep
Practicing goodnights sleep since poor hygebie can speed up the process of Alzheimers
-Giving yourself time to cope **
Support groups may be helpful
-treating neuropsychiatric symptoms like depression or agitation **

Question 4

How to help someone with Alzheimers as a Caregiver?

Answer 4

-Encourage independance **
very important in early stages of alzheimers
-Set structure**
Scheduling activites for AD pateints prevent neurpsychiatric symptoms
-Live in the day **
Emjoy the time you have with loved ones
-Be your loved ones memory
Remebr appoitments, words, names
-Listen**
-Reduce expectations
Expecting them to remebr things set to disapointment