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Depression can cause a person to be unable to retain any new information, they can become aggressive or withdrawn, as does a person with Alzheimer's, but with antidepressants and time they may be able to use their recall in time. Delirium can look like dementia as it can affect the way a person thinks and rationalises things. They can lose their ability to function and communicate properly. Age related impairment can usually be noticed between the ages of 50 and 70…
a) Difficulties with language - People with dementia will have difficulty finding the right words for what they want to say. They will often say a completely random word that has no meaning in the sentence that they are saying.…
Younger people with dementia may have different needs to people aged over 65 requiring a different type of service or a response appropriate to their age. In general, younger people with dementia are more likely to: Be in work at the time of diagnosis, have dependent children, have heavy financial commitments such as paying a mortgage, have a rarer form of dementia with which professionals are less familiar, find it difficult to rationalise losing skills at such a young age, find it more difficult to access appropriate information and support. Much of the support for people with dementia comes from family and friends, who provide unpaid care. Younger people with dementia are more likely to have younger partners and family, who may be in work and/or education. This may mean that their friends and family are also less available to provide support for them. The specific needs of younger people with dementia have been recognised in the dementia strategies and plans in England (2009), Northern Ireland (2011) and Wales (2011). There is also reference made to younger people with dementia in the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guideline…
Each person is unique and will experience dementia in their own way. The different types of dementia tend to affect people differently, especially in the early stages. How others respond to the person, and how supportive or enabling the person's surroundings are, also greatly affect how well someone can live with dementia.…
Dementia services are designed to meet the needs of older people and may not be appropriate to the needs of younger people. Younger people may be still at work at the time of diagnosis and may face discrimination because of their illness. They may have dependent children and face financial problems. The diagnosis of their disease is made in the early stages.…
Good points. It is true that Alzheimer's patient are losing their memories and confused about everything that they did. Furthermore, dementia patient also having difficulty in their daily functioning. Most of all, Alzheimer's and dementia are forgetfulness, inability to create mew memories, difficulty thinking and understanding.…
1.2 Explain how physical and mental health factors may need to be consider when communicating with an individual who has dementia.…
The way people experience dementia depends on many factors, including physical make-up, emotional resilience and the support available to them. Viewing dementia as a series of stages can be a useful way to understand the illness, but it is important to realise that this only provides a rough guide to the progress of the condition.…
In the elder community, we see a variety of conditions being treated, the two most common being Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia. Both present themselves in similar ways, therefore, they are often misdiagnosed and not treated correctly. Likewise, when most people see an elderly individual with memory issues, they automatically assume it's a result of Alzheimer's Disease, as it is the most common cause of Dementia. The areas that doctors typically analyze in order to differentiate the two conditions are symptoms, treatment, and life expectancy.…
Dementia is a terminal illness; and patients with advanced dementia suffer from distressing symptoms, just like people with other terminal decease, such as cancer.…
1.1 Describe how memory impairment can affect the ability of an individual with dementia to use verbal language…
Dementia: A group of diseases (including Alzheimer’s disease) that are characterized by memory loss and other declines in cognitive abilities (Department of Health and Human Services, 2012).…
- Age, it does increase with age, but many younger people can also develop it. The common types, ie Alzheimer's disease & vascular dementia, are more likely to affect older people. However less common ones, such as frontal-temporal dementia & Parkinson's dementia, are likely to affect people younger than 65.…
I have 4 children two boys and two girls my oldest is Gavin who is 26 years of age he works in sales then Natasha who is 25 years of age she works for as a pa for a company doing nvq then its Gethin who is 18 years of age who is in collage doing motor vehicle repair then its Georgia who is 11 years of age and still in school who attends the welsh school for the last six years I, ve been bringing the youngest up on my own .i also have 2 grandchildren my granddaughter is 4 years of age her name is Sara my grandson is riley he is 4 months.my grandmother brought myself and my brother up because my mother passed away when I was young .my grandmother inspired me to go to do care work after I looked after her when she was ill which I didn’t have the confidence to do until later on in my life until I was on my own with my children. I’ve been working at Brindaven for 2 years know which I enjoy my job very much I love being able to help the residents weather it’s with getting washed and dressed or with feeding. It don’t make a difference I enjoy communicating with residents .my hobbies are reading ,going online and chatting to my friends and family going to jazz band with my youngest children…
Communication is usually taken for granted in our every day to day living as we use it without thought. Good communication skills are needed in the workplace and especially with nursing staff to and from patients when giving first hand care. Good or bad communication can make there experience within the health care setting a positive or negative one and can leave a lasting impression. A good health care provider can use there communication skills to put a patient at ease with a few comforting words or gestures, a lack of positive communication in the health care setting could leave the patient feeling neglected, ignored and not valued as a patient.…