Week 5 ProjectAssignment 
Due September 19 at 11:59 PM
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
