Kee, Hoo Fan
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF DELIRIUM IN ELDERLY Inche Mat, Liyana Najwa; Sulaiman, Wan Aliaa Wan; Kee, Hoo Fan; Baharin, Muhammad Afwan Shamsul; Ghenesan, Surendran; Ishak, Siti Nabila; Abidin, Wan Fairuzlina Zainal; Daud, Nor Liyana Farhan; Yun, Tan Hong
Malang Neurology Journal Vol 4, No 2 (2018): July
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (434.957 KB) | DOI: 10.21776/ub.mnj.2018.004.02.6

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Delirium is commonly encountered in the elderly. It is important to recognize and subsequently treat delirium early to prevent morbidity and mortality. The primary objective of this article review is to gather specific information about each clinical manifestation of delirium in elderly. Sieving through numerous literature and studies regarding the topic of Delirium in the elderly. Majority of the article source were from Medline and PubMed as subscribed by the institution where there are more than 27 million citations in the field of biomedical articles. The articles include articles that was published in Malaysia and also international article due to the limitation in Malaysia itself. The articles were retrieved from publications in the year 1992 up to the current year 2017. Clinical manifestation of delirium that had been reviewed include disordered thinking, euphoric, language impairment, illusion, reversal of sleep wake cycle, inattention, disoriented and memory deficit. Most of the information is about prevalence, clinical diagnosis, and pathophysiology of each of the clinical manifestation. Delirium in elderly is very complex and complicated which involve physical, emotion feelings not only for the patient but also for people in their surroundings. Many articles reviewed explain about each of the symptoms in further details in term on how they act and how they interact with people surrounding.
A REVIEW OF BURDEN OF CAREGIVERS OF PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Ridzuan, Sayyidah Aqilah; Darussalam, Siti Eliza; Hisham, Nur Hazrina Mohamed; Namasivayam, Prashaantini; Nichole, Yam Min Yi; Zaid, Danial Syafiq Shahrir; Nor, Nurul Huda Mohd; Mohamed, Mohd Hazmi; Mooi, Ching Siew; Devaraj, Navin Kumar; Ismail, Iskasymar Bin Itam; Hashim, Hasnur Zaman; Mat, Liyana Najwa Inche; Kee, Hoo Fan; Basri, Hamidon; Sulaiman, Wan Aliaa Wan
Malang Neurology Journal Vol 5, No 1 (2019): January
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21776/ub.mnj.2019.005.01.7

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Many are still unaware of the fact that Alzheimer’s disease (AD) also affects the caregivers quite significantly. Caregivers refer to people who are accountable of taking care of AD patients which provide helps with his or her daily living activities and may become a full-time commitment for the caregiver. This gives rise to a concept called caregiver burden. As these caregivers spend most of their time taking care of AD patients, most of them suffer psychologically as well as physically.Unfortunately, the risk of mental and physical impairment among the caregivers of Alzheimer’s patient may cause poor quality of life to both the patients and their caregivers. In addition, due to their role and responsibilities as a caretaker, they often do not have the opportunity to seek help and advices. This review article was conducted by sieving through numerous literature and studies regarding the challenges and how to help the burden of the caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients . This paper aims to give and overview, suggestions as well as to increase the awareness of the caregiver’s burden.