Proceso de atención de enfermería en paciente adulto mayor con alzheimer

Abstract

Aging is a final stage in the human being that occurs naturally as a process of life. This life process is associated with a number of chronic degenerative noncommunicable diseases, which becomes a challenge for the health and social welfare systems. Dementias and Alzheimer's disease are among the diseases that most affect individuals over 60 years of age. Alzheimer's is a disease considered as a Primary Degenerative Encephalopathy that is not yet known the cause and that is characterized by the presence of memory disorders that begins in a malicious and progressively evolving, leading the patient to a state of social disability and dependence. Illness affects more than 20 million people and it is predicted that in the next 20 years, more than 70 million citizens will be at risk. Experts in the field predicted a remarkable increase of this last figure to 81 million by the year 2080. The objective of this work is to apply the process of nursing care through care plans with scientific validity in elderly patients with Alzheimer's disease, for this we base ourselves on the model of the theory of Virginia Henderson with its 14 basic needs, the same ones that help to improve the quality of life in these patients