GRO 202 GRO202 Week 5 Final Project / PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING
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GRO 202 GRO202 Week 5 Final Project / PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING
Final Project. Due by Day 7. The Final Project for this class will be a culmination of your learning over the five weeks of the course and an integration of the information you have learned about the risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and caregiving issues related to a particular form of dementia. For the Final Project you will choose a specific form of dementia from the list provided and write a comprehensive paper.
§ Alzheimer’s Disease
§ Vascular Dementia
§ Korsakoffs Syndrome
§ Huntington’s Disease
§ Frontal Temporal Dementia
§ Vascular Dementia
§ Korsakoffs Syndrome
§ Huntington’s Disease
§ Frontal Temporal Dementia
§ Parkinson’s Disease
All statements in your paper must be supported by cited evidence-based, peer-reviewed publications. Your paper should be written using the following outline as a guide:
• Introduction (one to two paragraphs)
o SuccinctthesisstatementdetailingthefocusofyourFinalProjectandinformingthereaderabout
o SuccinctthesisstatementdetailingthefocusofyourFinalProjectandinformingthereaderabout
your topic and the scope of your paper
• Discussion (six to eight pages)
o Detaileddescriptionofthedisorder
§ Symptoms (including how to differentiate from normal aging)
§ Diagnostic criteria (based on one of the articles in the list provided) § Course of disease over time
§ Symptoms (including how to differentiate from normal aging)
§ Diagnostic criteria (based on one of the articles in the list provided) § Course of disease over time
o Epidemiology § Age
§ Gender
§ Other (if applicable) § Genetics
§ Other (if applicable) § Genetics
o DiagnosticMethods
o § Brain areas/networks involved (structural changes as seen on brain MRI and/or CT)
o § Any laboratory testing that is typically done in the diagnostic process
o § Neuropsychological testing (summary of what types of cognitive impairments are
typically seen)
o § Neuropathological findings
o Currenttreatmentoptions
§ Drug (pharmacologic) therapies § Nonpharmacologic therapies
§ Drug (pharmacologic) therapies § Nonpharmacologic therapies
o Careissues
§ Challenges to caregivers
§ Challenges to caregivers
§ Type of available care providers (e.g., medical, nursing, or therapists)
§ Type of healthcare setting (e.g., hospital, home, outpatient, or nursing facility)
• Conclusion (two to three paragraphs)
o Reaffirmsyourinitialthesisstatement
o Includesanyfuturedirectionsofresearchregardingcauseand/ortreatment
o Includesanyfuturedirectionsofresearchregardingcauseand/ortreatment
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