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Felton Health Care Specialists Primary Care at Home

In-home primary care medical practice for residents in various care facilities. We improve health outcomes and quality of life through personalized services. Visit www.feltonhealthcare.com to view our slides online.

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Felton Health Care Specialists Primary Care at Home

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  1. Felton Health Care SpecialistsPrimaryCare at HomeTo view these slides online go to www.feltonhealthcare.com

  2. Felton Health Care Specialists is an in-home primary care medical practice for residents in independent living, adult family homes, assisted living and memory care facilities.We collaborate with caregivers to improve health outcomes and quality of life by providing residential primary care, staff education, and consultation for the facility.

  3. Our Philosophy of Careis that home bound individuals achieve higher levels of independence and safety when personalized services are provided by health care professionals in partnership with patients, their caregivers and their families.

  4. Felton Health Care Specialists • Primary Care at Home

  5. Worldwide Prevalence & Incidence of Dementia Prevalence: • The number of people living with dementia worldwide in 2015 was estimated at 47.47 million, reaching 75.63 million in 2030 and 135.46 million in 2050 Incidence: • The incidence of dementia increased exponentially with increasing age, based on the available estimates for the global incidence of dementia dating from 2010 • Felton Health Care Specialists • Primary Care at Home Source: World Health Organization This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

  6. Prevalence and Impact in the United States 5.7 Million Americans Are Living With Alzheimer’s. By 2050, This Number Is Projected To Rise To Nearly 14 Million. Between 2000 And 2015 Deaths From Heart Disease Decreased 11% While Deaths From Alzheimer's Have Increased 123%. Alzheimer's Disease Is The 6th Leading Cause Of Death In The United States. Every 65 Seconds Someone In The United States Develops The Disease. • Felton Health Care Specialists • Primary Care at Home Source: Alzheimer’s Association

  7. The Nun Study The Nun Studyis a longitudinal study of aging and Alzheimer's disease funded by the National Institute on Aging. Participants are 678 American members of theSchool Sisters of Notre Dame religious congregation who are 75 to 106 years of age. The Nun Study | Department of Psychiatry - University of Minnesota: https://www.psychiatry.umn.edu/research/research-labs-and-programs/nun-study • Felton Health Care Specialists • Primary Care at Home

  8. Onset early in life? Among the documents reviewed were autobiographical essays that had been written by the nuns upon joining the sisterhood; upon review, it was found that an essay's lack of linguistic density (e.g., complexity, vivacity, fluency) functioned as a significant predictor of its author's risk for developing Alzheimer's disease in old age. Riley KP, Snowdon DA, Desrosiers MF, Markesbery WR: Early life linguistic ability, late life cognitive function,and neuropathology: Findings from the Nun Study Neurobiology of Aging 26(3):341347, 2005. • Felton Health Care Specialists • Primary Care at Home

  9. Neurodegenerative Etiologies • Alzheimer’s Disease & Frontotemporal Dementias • Parkinson’s Disease & Lewy Body Dementia • Huntington’s & Multiple Sclerosis • Schizophrenia & Other Psychiatric Disorders • Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus • Felton Health Care Specialists • Primary Care at Home

  10. Vascular “Multi-infarct” Dementia • Felton Health Care Specialists • Primary Care at Home

  11. Toxic Etiologies • drugs (psychotropics & antiepileptics) • alcohol(Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome) • heavy metals(lead & mercury) • chemicals(solvents) • irradiation (brain tumor treatment)

  12. Metabolic Etiologies diabetes(100% increased risk) autoimmune(multiple sclerosis, lupus) nutritional (anorexia, vitamin deficiencies) endocrine (thyroid, hepatic encephalopathy)

  13. Traumatic Brain Injury “Accelerate forward into that brick wall.”

  14. Contagious & Infectious Etiologies Prion diseases: Cruetzfeldt-Jacob, Mad Cow Bacterial: Meningitis Viral diseases: HIV/AIDS Next slide: How to make $1,000,000

  15. Viral Etiology from Early Life? Dr Leslie Norins, CEO of Alzheimer’s Germ Quest, has gone so far as to offer $1 million to anyone who can determine whether Alzheimer disease is, in fact, caused by a germ. https://click.mail.medscape.com/?qs=58a2996ead9f5b714c949b03f42cb8f2a5b867940caaee41d19a8d877b6bfa27f70e2962a78d03c7b7cefbf32a5d9792eefda8f9085b7f2db745b13cbc8a0fce

  16. Natural History of Dementia

  17. Perceptual–motor dysfunction

  18. Language Deficits

  19. Learning and memory

  20. Social cognition

  21. Executive function

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