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Late stage dementia
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- 3. Individuals lose their ability to respond to their environment, the ability to speak and ultimately the ability to control movement
- 4. • Often lose their capacity for recognizable speech • Need assistance with eating and toileting, usually incontinent • Lose ability to ambulate without assistance, then ability to sit without assistance • Lose ability to smile or hold their head up • Reflexes become abnormal
- 5. • Often lose their capacity for recognizable speech • Need assistance with eating and toileting, usually incontinent • Lose ability to ambulate without assistance, then ability to sit without assistance • Lose ability to smile or hold their head up • Reflexes become abnormal
- 6. • Often lose their capacity for recognizable speech • Need assistance with eating and toileting, usually incontinent • Lose ability to ambulate without assistance, then ability to sit without assistance • Lose ability to smile or hold their head up • Reflexes become abnormal
- 7. • Often lose their capacity for recognizable speech • Need assistance with eating and toileting, usually incontinent • Lose ability to ambulate without assistance, then ability to sit without assistance • Lose ability to smile or hold their head up • Reflexes become abnormal
- 8. • Often lose their capacity for recognizable speech • Need assistance with eating and toileting, usually incontinent • Lose ability to ambulate without assistance, then ability to sit without assistance • Lose ability to smile or hold their head up • Reflexes become abnormal
- 9. How does the Alzheimer’s Association defines late stage dementia as: Muscles become rigid Swallowing is impaired Reoccurring infections Lose inability to express needs/pain/illness
- 10. How does the Alzheimer’s Association defines late stage dementia as: Muscles become rigid Swallowing is impaired Reoccurring infections Lose inability to express needs/pain/illness
- 11. How does the Alzheimer’s Association defines late stage dementia as: Muscles become rigid Swallowing is impaired Reoccurring infections Lose inability to express needs/pain/illness
- 12. How does the Alzheimer’s Association defines late stage dementia as: Muscles become rigid Swallowing is impaired Reoccurring infections Lose inability to express needs/pain/ illness