Alzheimer's Mild Stage (answer) -Forgets names; misplaces household items
-Hasshort-term memory loss and difficulty recalling new information
-Showssubtle changes in personality and behavior;Alzheimer's Moderate Stage (answer) -Is
disoriented to time, place, and event
-Has difficulty driving and gets lost
-Incontinent
-Psychotic behaviors, such as delusions, hallucinations, and paranoia
-Episodes of wandering, trouble sleeping;Alzheimer's Late Stage (answer) -Totally incapacitated;
bedridden
-Totally dependent in ADLs
-Has agnosia
-Hallucinations
-Incontinence
-Difficulty eating;Apraxia (answer) Difficulty with motor planning to perform tasks or
movements;Aphasia (answer) Inability to speak or understand language;Anomia (answer) Inability to
recall the names of everyday objects;Agnosia (answer) Loss of sensory comprehension, including
facial recognition;Alzheimer's diagnostics (answer) -No laboratory test can confirm the diagnosis of
AD
-Definitive diagnosis is made on the basis of brain tissue examination at autopsy, which confirms the
presence of neurofibrillary tangles and neuritic plaques;Alzheimer's medications (answer)
Cholinesterase inhibitors- Donepezil, galantamine
NMDA receptor antagonists- Memantine;Parkinson'ssymptoms(answer) -Slow,shuffling, and
propulsive gait
-RESTING tremors
-Muscle rigidity
-Bradykinesia/akinesia (loss of ability to move muscles voluntarily)
-Mask Like face
-Drooling
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