NCLEX Examination.
Practice Question # 601.
Nclex
Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
Dementia
- Dementia is a syndrome with progressive deterioration in intellectual functioning secondary to structural or functional changes.
- Long-term and short-term memory loss occur, with impairment in judgment, abstract thinking, problem-solving ability, and behavior.
- Dementia results in a self-care deficit.
- The most common type of dementia is
Alzheimer’s disease.
Alzheimer’s disease
- Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible form of senile dementia caused by nerve cell
- Individuals with Alzheimer’s disease experience cognitive deterioration and progressive loss of ability to carry out activities of daily living.
