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Publications and source records attributed to Guido R Zanni.
Progressive muscle weakness and fasciculations can indicate developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig's disease. Its treatment and prognosis have been unchanged for almost 100 years, although our understanding on a cellular level is better. All ALS patients can be expected to progress to a state that requires complete supportive care.
Most long-term care clinicians are familiar with sundowning syndrome, a period at the end of the day when residents with dementia may exhibit more agitation or behavioral disturbances. Little research has been done in this area, but that which has been completed implicates frustrated communication, sleep disturbances related to dementia, and poor light exposure as possible causes. Sundowning may be the manifestation of residents' distant memories of heightened activity in the evening and the inability to adapt to a different and less active long-term care environment.
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