Home HealthCare Services in Alzheimer’s  Disease

Home HealthCare Services plays important role in handling patients of Alzheimer’s  Disease.It is a neurological condition in which the death of brain cells causes memory loss and cognitive decline. The symptoms are mild at first and become more severe over time.

One of the features of this condition is the presence of plaques and tangles in the brain. These plaques and tangles compromise information processing between different areas of the brain or between the brain and the muscles or organs.

Symptoms

The symptoms appear gradually over months or years. In some cases, symptoms can trigger in days, and in this type of situation, medical attention is required.

• The patient may have difficulty taking in new information and remembering it.
• Patient: repeat questions or conversations.
• Losing objects.
• forgetting about events or appointments.
• Patients become disoriented or lost.
• Difficulty in recognising faces or objects, or being less able to use basic tools.
• They may have problems maintaining their balance, trip over or spill things more often, or have difficulty orienting clothing to their body when getting dressed.
• Behaviour becomes agitated, angry, or anxious more often than before.
• lack of interest or motivation in activities they normally enjoy.
• Compulsive, obsessive, or socially inappropriate behaviour of the patient.

Role of home healthcare services in handling patients with Alzheimer’s  Disease?

• Everyone can take steps to control the known lifestyle risk factors for this disease.
• Patient caretakers can make the patient participate in regular physical exercise.Regular exercises reduces the risk of disease.
• The patient’s attendant can help the patient eat a balanced diet and maintain a moderate weight.
• A patient’s brain needs rest to function and maintain health.Patients with problems such as sleep apnea, insomnia, or night sweats require special care from a medical attendant.

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