Implement And Monitor Nursing Care For Older Clients

Diploma of Nursing HLT51612 HLTEN515B Implement and monitor nursing care for older clients Assessment 2 – Case Study Elements 4 5 - Part 1 – Alcohol Related Dementia - Korsakoff’s syndrome Definition: â€Å"Korsakoff’s psychosis, a form of amnesia often seen in chronic alcoholics that is characterised by a loss of short- term memory and an inability to learn new skills. The person is usually disoriented, mat present with delirium and hallucinations, and confabulates to conceal the condition. The cause of the condition can often be traced to degenerative changes in the thalamus as a result of a deficiency of B complex vitamins, especially thiamine and B12†. (Harris, P Nagy, S Vardaxis, N 2010). Most readily known as alcohol related dementia, Korsakoff’s syndrome is also known as Korsakoff’s psychosis and Wernicke Korsakoff’s syndrome. â€Å"Korsakoff syndrome is a preventable memory disorder that usually emerges (although not always) in the outcome of an episode of Wernicke s encephalopathy, therefore the chronic disorder is sometimes known as Wernicke- Korsakoff syndrome.† Wernicke encephalopathy is an acute brain reaction to severe lack of thiamine. Wernicke encephalopathy is a medical emergency that causes life-threatening brain disruption, confusion, staggering and stumbling, lack of coordination, and abnormal involuntary eye movements.† Korsakoff’s syndrome, is a form of dementia associated with excessive alcohol consumption over a long period of time.Show MoreRelatedThe Complex Problem Of Poor Nutrition1396 Words   |  6 Pagesbeing constantly ignored. Many of the patients who experience this are older people. 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