Assignment:
Cognitive Ability
This assignment will help you understand diseases that affect an aging senior's memory or cognitive ability.
Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, identify and choose a disease that affects an aging person's memory or cognitive ability.
Based on your research and understanding, create a 4- to 5-page Microsoft Word document that includes the following:
• A general overview of the disease
• The signs and symptoms of this disease
• Who are the people affected by the disease
• A holistic look at how it affects the senior citizen
• Statistics on prevalence of the disease
• Current technology being used to treat this disease
• Provide examples of the role that technology is playing in the diagnosis, treatment, or cure of this disease
• Explain how the future of the disease will be affected by the available technology
Support your responses with examples.
Cite any sources in APA format.