Alzheimer’s Disease
“I think, in general, medicine in the 21st century will switch from healing the sick to upgrading the healthy... If you find ways to repair the memory damaged by Alzheimer's disease or dementia and so forth, it is very likely that the same methods could be used to upgrade the memory of completely healthy people.”
Yuval Noah Harari
You are carrying out an internship in a retirement home specialized in patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Your focus is on treating the patients while also helping their caregivers. Thanks to the articles and videos you will study, gather information on the topics that you will use to understand and present in different situations.
- Listening 1: Understand Alzheimer’s disease
- Listening 2: Alzheimer’s effects on caregivers
- Reading 1: Alzheimer's and dementia basics
- Reading 2: Dementia statistics