Ask A Death Doula Podcast: How Dementia Presents at the End of Life with Suzanne O’Brien
Big Ideas: 1.Defining Dementia and Alzheimer’s [1:35] – Dementia is a general term for a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with functions of daily living. Alzheimer’s disease is a mental decline that shows up first as loss of memory function and is a form of Dementia. Brain lesions, called amyloid plaques, accumulate…
Read MoreAsk A Death Doula Podcast: Pain Management at the End of Life with Suzanne O’Brien
Big Ideas: 1. There are two different types of pain [1:49] – Both types of pain require different treatments to control. Somatic pain is the most common type that requires narcotic medication to treat. Nerve pain is the second type of pain. Narcotic medication does not work in the treatment of nerve pain, and it…
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