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old person disease?!

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Health & Wellbeing
for my assignment for health and social care, i have to write about an old person in a care home with a disease, any ideas what that disease could be??

everyone is doing alsymers so we have been told that we cannot use it any more, so please help, aint really got a clue
Thanks
XX Emz XX

soz didnt no owhere 2 post it

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    MRSA, clostridium,
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    parkinsons? MS?

    although theyre not specifically old people diseases
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Not a disease, nor strictly an older person's illness - Alzheimers.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    internetitus.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Panthro wrote:
    Not a disease, nor strictly an older person's illness - Alzheimers.

    Why isn't it a disease?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    :lol::lol::lol: Rolly you had me searching what "internetitus" was... :lol::lol:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    wooooooooah wrote:
    Why isn't it a disease?

    Sorry I was thinking about writing dementia which isn't a disease.

    Alzheimers is a disease.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Panthro wrote:
    Sorry I was thinking about writing dementia which isn't a disease.

    Alzheimers is a disease.

    That's okay, I'll let you off :thumb:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Panthro wrote:
    :lol::lol::lol: Rolly you had me searching what "internetitus" was... :lol::lol:
    did you get any results? :lol:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    18 results.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    rainbow brite wrote:
    MRSA, clostridium,
    Shouldn't be finding them in a care home...

    How about osteoarthritis or angina? Both very common in old age and usually stable enough to be managed in a care home.
    Panthro wrote:
    18 results.
    :lol:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    What level are you studying health and social at? motor neurone disease is most commonly diagnosed in people aged 50-70. If you wanted to be really specific you could look at age related macular degeneration - a condition more than a disease of the eye, occuring in people aged 50+. Good Luck x
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Alopecia?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Panthro wrote:
    18 results
    Kentish wrote:

    :lol:

    :D Just automatically searhed for a 'condition' I had never seen.

    Such a fanny....
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Well in the little mini library, the most common reading materilas we have relating to old people is, dementia, incontinence, osteoporosis, parkinsons, agressive older adults, then such stuff as pain management, exteral feeding tubes and infections and such.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Panthro wrote:
    Alopecia?

    Young people get that too...your fella from Little Britain has it.

    Morrocan-rollism...tis one of the worst old people's diseases out there.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Aye but more older folk get alopecia than younger.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Dementia, its simela to alzimers but its not the same
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    turlough wrote:
    Morrocan-rollism...tis one of the worst old people's diseases out there.
    this is true ...someone shouted your round jack ...i ignored them again ...i keep thinking i'm rolly!
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