Alzheimer Disease

Scope and Contents This collection covers the emergence of both Scottish Action on Dementia and Alzheimer's Scotland from their respective parent organisations, and the later merger between the two.It also includes the records of the Dementia Services Development Centre at the University of Stirling, a series of interviews with people living with dementia and Alzheimer's and their carers, records of major campaigns, publications, minutes of working groups and councils, and governing documents. ...

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Typed case summary, chart, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 63 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: euphoria; Alzheimer's disease; Korsakoff syndrome; mental changes; and vascular lesion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts, notes and autopsy report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: hemiparesis; cerebral disease; and alzheimer's disease. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: alzheimer's disease. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: ?arteriosclerotic parkinsonism; ?Alzheimer's; headache; and aphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Correspondence and typed case summary relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: ?Alzheimer disease; and cerebral atrophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Correspondence and typed case summary relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 63 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: cortical atrophy of the brain; ?Alzheimer disease; speech difficulty; and loss of memory. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts and reports relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; ?Alzheimer disease; confusion; and seizures. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: memory difficulties; speech difficulties; and Alzheimer disease. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: Alzheimer's disease; bed-wetting; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.