Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV is the retrovirus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It was identified in the 1980s and I remember it well. I was a teenager who…
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Managing Multiple Sclerosis in Senior Care
Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic, disabling and progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the brain and the spinal cord. It is characterized as an autoimmune, inflammatory and demyelinating of the brain…
Managing Huntington's Disease in Senior Care
Recently, I have become very interested in the major neurodegenerative disorders affecting seniors in long term care. One of my concerns is the care that takes place as the disease…
Parkinson’s Disease and End of Life Care
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement due to the impairment of dopamine-producing neurons in the part of the brain known as the substantia nigra, which is…
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and End of Life Care
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, named after the famous first baseman who played for the New York Yankees between 1923 and 1939. ALS is…
Neurodegenerative Disorders and End of Life Care
Neurodegenerative disorders are chronic, incurable, and progressive diseases that ultimately end in the death of the individual. These disorders present themselves and progress in a multitude of ways depending on…