Nansi indlela i-Alzheimer's Exgresses ejwayelekile ngayo
Isifo se-Alzheimer isifo esiqhubekayo sezinzwa eziholela ekuguqulweni komuntu , ukulahlekelwa inkumbulo , ukuncipha kwengqondo, nezinye izimpawu . Nakuba umuntu ngamunye onesifo se-Alzheimer ehlukile, iningi lithuthuka ngokusebenzisa uchungechunge lwezigaba, ngalinye elibhekene nezimpawu ezinzima kakhulu ze-Alzheimer.
Izigaba eziyisikhombisa ezilandelayo zenzelwe abacwaningi nodokotela ukuchaza ukuthi wena noma othandekayo wakho uzoshintsha kanjani ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Udokotela wakho angase awele izigaba eziyisikhombisa zibe zakuqala / eziphakathi / ezikwephuzile noma ezinomusa / ezilinganayo / ezinzima, ngakho-ke lezi zigaba zihlinzekwa kanye.
Isigaba 1 (Ukungabikho kokulimala)
Azikho izinkinga ngememori, ukuqondisa , ukwahlulela , ukuxhumana , noma imisebenzi yansuku zonke. Wena noma othandekayo wakho ngumuntu omdala osebenza kahle.
Isigaba 2 (Ukukhubazeka Okuncane)
Wena noma othandekayo wakho kungenzeka ukuthi ubhekene nezinkinga ezithile ezinkumbulo noma ezinye izinkinga zokucabanga , kodwa umndeni noma abangane abakwazi ukubona noma yiziphi izinguquko. Ukuhlolwa kwezokwelapha ngeke kuveze izinkinga noma.
Isiteji sesi-3 (Ukunqamuka kweCognitive)
Amalungu omndeni nabangani babona izinguquko ezincane ememori, amaphethini wokuxhumana, noma ukuziphatha. Ukuvakashela kudokotela kungase kubangele ukuxilongwa kwesifo sokuqala se-Alzheimer's, kodwa hhayi njalo. Izimpawu ezivamile kulesi sigaba zihlanganisa:
- Izinkinga ezikhiqiza amagama abantu noma amagama afanele ezintweni
- Inkinga ebonakalayo esebenzayo emisebenzini noma ezenzweni zomphakathi
- Ukukhohlwa izinto ezisanda kufundwa
- Ukudukisa izinto ezibalulekile ngokuvama kwemvamisa
- Nciphisa ekuhleleni noma kumakhono omhlangano
Isiteji sesi-4 (Isisindo sokuqala / se-Alzheimer's Alert)
Ukuncipha kwengqondo kubonakala ngokucacile. Wena noma othandekayo wakho ungase ukhohlwe ngokwengeziwe izenzakalo zamuva noma imininingwane yomuntu siqu.
Ezinye izinkinga zibandakanya ikhono lokuzibalo lokukhubazeka (isibonelo, ubunzima bokubala emuva ukusuka ku-100 kuya kwezingu-9), ikhono elinciphile lokwenza imisebenzi eyinkimbinkimbi efana nokuphonsa iqembu noma ukulawula imali, ukuhlehlisa nokuxoshwa komphakathi.
Isiteji sesi-5 (Isigaba esiphakathi / esiphezulu se-Alzheimer's )
Olunye usizo ngemisebenzi yansuku zonke liyadingeka. Izinkinga ngememori nokucabanga zibonakala kahle, kufaka phakathi izimpawu ezifana nalezi:
- Ukuhluleka ukukhumbula ulwazi lomuntu siqu noma imininingwane eyinhloko ngomlando wakho
- Ukukhathazeka ngesikhathi kanye / noma indawo
- Ukwehlisa isahlulelo namakhono ngokuphathelene nokunakekelwa komuntu siqu
Ngisho noma izimpawu zikhula kakhulu, abantu abakulesi sigaba ngokuvamile bayazi igama labo namagama amalungu omndeni abalulekile futhi bangadla futhi basebenzise indlu yokugezela ngaphandle kosizo.
Isiteji sesi-6 (Isiteji esiphakathi / esilinganiselwe kuya ku-Late-Stage / i-Alzheimer esinde)
Ngokuvamile lokhu kuyinkimbinkimbi kunabo bonke abanakekeli ngoba kubhekene nezinguquko zobuntu nezokuziphatha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inkumbulo iyaqhubeka nokuncipha, futhi usizo luyadingeka emisebenzini eminingi yansuku zonke. Izimpawu ezivame kakhulu ezihambisana nalesi sigaba zihlanganisa:
- Ukuqwashisa okunciphise kokuzungezile komuntu kanye nezenzakalo zamuva
- Izinkinga ezibona umlingani wakho kanye namanye amalungu omndeni osondelene, nakuba ubuso namanje behlukanisa phakathi kokujwayelekile nokungajwayelekile
- I-Sundowning , ekhuphuka ukuphumula nokukhathazeka ntambama nakusihlwa
- Kunzima ukusebenzisa indlu yokugezela ngokuzimela
- Ukungahambisani nesisu nesisu
- Ukusola kanye ne-paranoia
- Ukuziphatha okuphindaphindiwe (okushoyo kanye / noma okungabonakali)
- Ukuthuka
Isiteji sesi-7 ( Isikhathi esilandelayo / i-Alzheimer esinde)
Esikhathini sokugcina, ngokuvamile akakwazi ukuphendula kakhulu emvelweni ozungezile. Wena noma othandekayo wakho angakwazi ukukhuluma amagama noma imishwana emifushane, kodwa ukuxhumana kunomkhawulo kakhulu. Imisebenzi eyisisekelo yomzimba iqala ukuvalwa, njengokuthi imoto isebenze futhi ikhono lokugwinya. Ingqikithi yokunakekelwa iyadingeka ngehora.
Nakuba lezi zigaba zinikeza isakhiwo sokuthuthukiswa kwezimpawu ze-Alzheimer, akuwona wonke umuntu ohamba ngezinyathelo ezifanayo. Abanakekelayo babika ukuthi ngezinye izikhathi abathandekayo babo babonakala bezigaba ezimbili noma ngaphezulu ngesikhathi esisodwa, kanti izinga abantu abaqhubekela kuzo kuzo zonke izigaba liphezulu kakhulu. Noma kunjalo, lezi zigaba zisisiza ukuba siqonde izimpawu ze-Alzheimer futhi silungiselele izinselelo ezihambisana nazo.
Imithombo:
Ukuthuthukiswa kwesifo se-Alzheimer: I-Global Deterioration Scale. I-Alzheimer's Society yaseCanada. Okthoba 2005. http://www.alzheimer.ca/english/disease/progression-intro.htm#GDS
Izigaba ze-Alzheimer's. I-Alzheimer's Association. 2007. http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_stages_of_alzheimers.asp
Ukuqonda izigaba nezimpawu zesifo se-Alzheimer's. I-National Institute yokuguga. Okthoba 26, 2007. http://www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/Publications/stages.htm
-Uhlelwe ngu-Esther Heerema, MSW