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Council to ensure Alzheimer Patient Better Quality of Life
* Do not ask your family to do many things or to make them quickly, have you patience.
* Let time to organize their things and understanding what is being said, so talk slowly, softly, repeating
the above if necessary.
* It should keep you busy in something you like, that person feel good, organized with the person (if possible) life routinely to facilitate their activities in food, clothing, toiletries, recreation, etc.., Do a schedule for doing things the person is disoriented and less frequently.
* If the patient is still able to teach him to take notes of everything you do. Always put things in the same place, this will help the individual to remember, not to become disoriented and have no accidents.
* Let time to remember the word forgotten.
* Encourage where possible, to loosen and become involved with their friends, and overcome the tendency to isolate himself and stay home.

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Diagnosis

The diagnosis of clinical disease is based on the presence in the patient of the following elements:

• Sudden onset and progressively worsening.
• Presence of impairment of memory, especially recent memory, especially at the onset of the disease.
• The neurological examination is negative for abnormal gait, incoordination of movements or abnormal reflexes.

Treatment

There is no cure for this disease. The drug treatment is aimed at treating some symptoms of the patient (anxiety, agitation, insomnia, depression) in order to reduce the disruption caused by the disease.

If you are a person in charge of caring for a patient with Alzheimer’s disease and this administer the medication, remember that:

• No change in dose of a drug (either increase or decrease) only if the doctor explicitly.
• Store medicines in a cool, dry and protected from light and keep the patient out of reach, preferably locked, since the person can take more dosages of the prescription by the doctor, with consequent danger of intoxication.
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