Alzheimers/Dementia

• Change in Reisberg FAST score
• Decrease in speech
• Difficulty dressing, bathing, performing ADLs
• Increase in Incontinence
• Co-morbid conditions such as AIDS, CHD, CHF, COPD, Liver, or Renal Disease
• Secondary Conditions
• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Pyelonephritis/UTI
• Septicemia/Sepsis
• Pressure Uncers (especially stage III/IV)
• Recurrent fever after antibiotics
• Unintentional weight loss
• Delirium
• Serum albumin <2.5gm/dl