Definition of Terms Acute illness. Typically will "run its course" regardless of whether or not there is drug intervention.

Coughs, colds, teething, PMS, sleeplessness are all examples of such illnesses. Usually, medicines for acute illnesses are regulated as OTC (over-the-counter) drugs. Alzheimer's disease (AD), also called Alzheimer disease, senile dementia of the Alzheimer type, primary degenerative dementia of the Alzheimer's type, or simply Alzheimer's, is the most common form of dementia. This incurable, degenerative, and terminal disease was first described by German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906 and was named after him. Most often, it is diagnosed in people over 65 years of age. Although the less-prevalent early-onset Alzheimer's can occur much earlier. Ambulatory. Capable of walking; not bedridden: an ambulatory patient. Cognition. Is the scientific term for "the process of thought". Usage of the term varies in different disciplines; for example in psychology and cognitive science, it usually refers to an information processing view of an individual's psychological functions. Other interpretations of the meaning of cognition link it to the development of concepts; individual minds, groups, and organizations. Carative Factors. Nursing intervention related to care. Chronic. Describing a disease of long duration involving very slow changes. Such disease is often of gradual onset. The term does not imply anything about the severity of a disease. Cultivate. Develop by practice. Curative Medicine. Is almost exclusively occupied by Homoeopathy, for this method alone cures without subjecting the patient to new pains and discomforts; it alone fulfils the highest aim of the physician - to heal quickly, gently, radically, according to scientific and rational methods. Dementia (taken from Latin, originally meaning "madness", from de"without" + ment, the root of mens "mind"). Is a serious loss of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected

from normal aging. It may be static, the result of a unique global brain injury, or progressive, resulting in long-term decline due to damage or disease in the body. Although dementia is far more common in the geriatric population, it may occur in any stage of adulthood. Exclusion. The process or state of excluding or being excluded. Gerontological Nursing. Is the specialty that concerns itself with the provision of nursing services to geriatric or aged individuals. Health. Is the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health Professional. Is a qualified person who delivers proper health care in a systematic way professionally to any individual in need of health care services. Inclusion. The action or state of including or of being included Interpersonal. Relating to relationships or communication between people. Intellectual. Having a highly developed intellect. Urinary incontinence (UI). Is any involuntary leakage of urine. It is a common and distressing problem, which may have a profound impact on quality of life. Urinary incontinence almost always results from an underlying treatable medical condition but is under-reported to medical practitioners. There is also a related condition for defecation known as fecal incontinence. Medical Disciplines. A specific study of different medical related or interrelated in the medical field. Nursing. Is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death. Physiology. The science of the functioning of living organisms and of their component parts. Quality. Excellence or the degree of this. Repercussion. An often indirect effect, influence, or result that is produced by an event or action.

Satisfaction. Meet a demand, desire or need. Stern/ess. Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree. Spiritual. Relating to or affecting the human spirit as opposed to material or physical things.