COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

Dementia is one of the cognitive problems that affect the elderly.

The elderly often complain of memory loss, we as nurses we perform a rating to these patients. The most important that are affected are memory, difficulty performing complex tasks and language ability.

I think it is very important to identify few before dementia cases to act as soon as possible. Should not be detected it is more difficult to recover the functions that have been lost.

Nursing has rating scales:

- Mini mental state examination of Folsteina (MMSE)

- Memory impairment screen (MIS)

- Review of 7 minutes

In my opinion the most complete scale to detect dementia is the MMSE as it includes all fields that are affected in patients with dementia such as:

- Orientation

- Memory

- Language

- Calculation

ALZHEIMER

Alzheimer's is a type of dementia.

I think it might be hard to detect at first because in each patient symptoms vary.

It begins with the loss of short term memory. The middle stage the patient is having trouble recognizing objects and things or to communicate. And the final stage is the absence of memory and intellectual capacity.

Alzheimer's is a type of dementia.

I think it might be hard to detect at first because in each patient symptoms vary.

It begins with the loss of short term memory. The middle stage the patient is having trouble recognizing objects and things or to communicate. And the final stage is the absence of memory and intellectual capacity.

I believe that nurses have a very important function and beautiful. We must improve as much as possible the quality of life of patients with outbuildings and teach your family also guidelines to assist in the care.

Some nursing goals and interventions that will make are:

- Increase independence in basic activities

- Increase safety and prevent accidents

- Replace gas cooker by hob

- Replace bathtub by shower

- Protection of doors and windows

- Indicate what each medication and point when this taken