1. Alzheimer's
... about places, loss of initiative, poor judgment, mood changes, trouble with routine chores, trouble with calculations, and mild aphasia" (Weddington, 1994, p. 13). As the disease progresses, the affected person may experience "greater memory loss, short attention span, problems recognizing people, restlessness, motor problems, weight changes, loss of writing and speech skills including ... of patient-caregiver interdependence, (2) a stressed caregiver, (3) a history of family violence, (4) psychopathology in the caregiver and (5) other sociocultural and environmental factors" (pp. 2677)...
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