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How long can a 94 year old live with dementia?
General life expectancy for someone with Alzheimer’s is around 8-12 years from diagnosis although this does depend on age and health. If you were relatively fit and healthy on the diagnosis you could live considerably longer than this.
Is death from Alzheimer’s painful?
Because people with end-stage Alzheimer disease lose their ability to communicate, non-verbal signs, body language, and changes in behaviour (such as increased agitation, anxiety , or sleep disturbances) become important signs of pain or discomfort.
Does the brain die immediately after the heart stops?
Brain function does not die immediately after the heart stops finds study. According to new research, people can be aware that they are dead after their heart has stopped beating. This suggests that the brain and consciousness seems to work even after the body has stopped working.
What happens when your heart stops beating?
To some people, it’s the moment the heart stops beating. To others, it’s when the brain enters a “vegetative” state. However, a heart can be forced to keep beating, and how dead is a person, really, if he or she can continue to grow, develop, and even give birth after experiencing “brain death”?
How long does the brain stay active after death?
Human brain may stay active for hours after death. There have been anecdotal reports of a person being able to understand and hear what is happening around them even after they have been declared dead. A team of researchers have found that the brain works for a while after the heart has stopped.
What happens to the brain first in an accident?
Generally the lungs stop first, that stops the heart from lack of oxygen, and then the brain starts to die from lack of oxygen. But in a heart attack, the heart stops first. And if a piano fell on your head, or if a blood vessel broke (stroke) your brain would stop first. It depends entirely on the unwellness or accident condition.