Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's Disease

This course is comprehensively designed on the disease condition of Alzheimer’s disease for the students of nursing and paramedical students.

This course is created with power point slides and given explanations on the various topics on Alzheimer’s disease in simple terms which is very easy to understand and grasp the learning contents.

After you go through all the videos of this course, you will be able to understand:

what is Alzheimer’s disease, how it was first discovered, the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease, how beta amyloid plaques are formed, how neurofibrillary tangles are formed, the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease and its risk factors, how Hippocampus is affected in this disease, the signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and its stages, difference between a healthy adult brain and an advanced Alzheimer’s disease brain, the diagnosis made by PET CT scan, Mini Mental State Examination, the clock drawing test for assessing cognitive impairment, the cholinesterase inhibitors groups of drugs, the NMDA receptor antagonist group of drugs, what are anti-amyloid antibody group of drugs, what is cognitive stimulation therapy, what is cognitive rehabilitation therapy and what is reminiscence and life story work for dementia patients.

Conclusion: This course include comprehensive explanations of all the important aspects of Alzheimer’s disease and at the end of the course, you will be able to understand what Alzheimer’s disease is and will be able to deal confidently with the patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and help them and their family members in coping up with the disease.

Power point presentation on the condition of Alzheimer’s disease

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What you will learn

• Define Alzheimer's disease
• Identify the risk factors of Alzheimer's disease
• Explain the formation of beta- amyloid plaques in brain in Alzheimer's disease

Rating: 4.25

Level: All Levels

Duration: 1 hour

Instructor: Urmijyoti Deori