why are some alheimers patients more combative than others?

Answer 1

This is my specialty and this is what I am writing a book on. I am a geriatric physc nurse. I have always taken care of Alzheimer patients. Families always tell me that their loved one has never done these things before. You have to realize that at the beginning of this disease, the patient becomes very confused and knows something is happening but do not know what. Now these people who were living on their own are suddenly tossed into a nursing home with strangers who are telling them what to do. Put yourself in their place. What if all of a sudden you were taken out of your home and put in a strange place, people ordering you around, telling when you can eat, sleep, take a shower, stuffing you with pills you never had to take. How would you feel. Of course they become combative because now it is their only line of defense. People who were never this way before, have now come to be this way because they are scared. Eventually, sometimes, this may subside. While others can get worse.

Answer 2

Q:What are the different stages of Alzheimer's disease?
A:
While there is no clear separation of "stages" in dementia, there are global descriptions that capture the progression of the illness. The five basic descriptions of most types of dementia are based on an individual's abilities in the areas of memory, communication and self-care. These descriptions are:

Mild cognitive impairment. The person has some isolated thinking problems, often with memory, but can continue to live independently.
Mild dementia. The person experiences impaired thinking skills in two or more areas such as memory and problem solving. He or she may no longer be able to live completely independently and requires assistance with finances, grooming and dressing, and meal planning and cooking. The individual may also become confused when in public.
Moderate dementia. The person has severe thinking impairment and difficulty communicating. He or she can't live alone and needs help with almost every basic activity. The person can go out in public only with assistance.
Severe dementia. The person experiences severe problems with communication, frequent incontinence and requires constant care. He or she needs hands-on assistance with dressing and eating and is too impaired to go out in public alone.
Profound dementia. At this end stage, the person usually is bedridden.

they are not all in the same stage of dementia. In the moderate or severe category, a person does not have the ability to discern between being helped, being harmed, or threatened, and is frightened, confused,or easily angered.

Answer 3

*sigh*

Why does one patient get higher fever tahn others? People are different so is their history and character.

All goes to combativeness.