Dementia Case Study Essay
In this poster, a person at the middle is the person having behavioral problem wandering who is suffering from dementia. He seems confused and unaware about the things that is happening around him. And he is continuously walking. He might have some behavioral problem. Let’s explore more about this poster. first cloud:
It shows that the ageing population is increasing world widely. So, as the number of dementia case is increasing. There is change in behavioral pattern in dementia case. The most common behavioral change in a person suffering from dementia is wandering. The wandering is seen in 6 out of 10 dementia cases. The wandering behavior include walking without purpose. The dementia person is oriented to the place, person and time. So, …show more content…
For example: the person may fall and have a fracture, weight loss due to excessive walk, isolated with the society and can become victim of other people. The fall injury may cause death of the person, the hip fracture may result the condition of long term bed ridden. The less contact with surrounding people results the decrease in cognitive function, and they may be victim of other outer people who has antisocial behavior.
Third cloud:
The third cloud represents the need of interventions and its implication in residential home, community and hospital settings.
Fourth cloud;
Fourth cloud shows the detail information of those intervention. It includes 4 interventions:
1) Exercise and walking therapies: exercise and walking therapies help to reduce the duration of wandering. The walking therapy is based on safe walking practice with the care provider. It helps to establish the effective therapeutic communication between person and care giver.
2) Environmental modification:
Environmental modification includes providing subjective barrier like: placing the mirror, camouflaging in door knobs that prevent person from unnecessary walking.
3) Behavioral modification:
Behavioral modification refers to the modification in behavior like: assisting in dining table because most of the person who has behavioral problem of wandering skip meal. This helps to maintain the balance diet.
4) Psychosocial
It shows that the ageing population is increasing world widely. So, as the number of dementia case is increasing. There is change in behavioral pattern in dementia case. The most common behavioral change in a person suffering from dementia is wandering. The wandering is seen in 6 out of 10 dementia cases. The wandering behavior include walking without purpose. The dementia person is oriented to the place, person and time. So, …show more content…
For example: the person may fall and have a fracture, weight loss due to excessive walk, isolated with the society and can become victim of other people. The fall injury may cause death of the person, the hip fracture may result the condition of long term bed ridden. The less contact with surrounding people results the decrease in cognitive function, and they may be victim of other outer people who has antisocial behavior.
Third cloud:
The third cloud represents the need of interventions and its implication in residential home, community and hospital settings.
Fourth cloud;
Fourth cloud shows the detail information of those intervention. It includes 4 interventions:
1) Exercise and walking therapies: exercise and walking therapies help to reduce the duration of wandering. The walking therapy is based on safe walking practice with the care provider. It helps to establish the effective therapeutic communication between person and care giver.
2) Environmental modification:
Environmental modification includes providing subjective barrier like: placing the mirror, camouflaging in door knobs that prevent person from unnecessary walking.
3) Behavioral modification:
Behavioral modification refers to the modification in behavior like: assisting in dining table because most of the person who has behavioral problem of wandering skip meal. This helps to maintain the balance diet.
4) Psychosocial