Understand the Process and Experience of Dementia
Unit 13: Understand the Process and
Experience of Dementia
Unit code: DEM 301
Unit reference number: J/601/3538
QCF level: 3
Credit value: 3
Guided learning hours: 22
Unit summary
This unit provides the knowledge of the neurology of dementia to support the understanding of how individuals may experience dementia.
Learners taking the Dementia pathway in the Edexcel Level 3
Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England must take this unit.
Assessment requirements
This unit must be assessed in accordance with Skills for Care and
Development’s QCF Assessment Principles.
Assessment methodology
Learners can enter the types of evidence they are presenting for assessment and the submission date against each assessment criterion.
Alternatively, centre documentation should be used to record this information. N025514 – Specification – Edexcel Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England (QCF) Edexcel Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for Wales and
Northern Ireland (QCF) – Issue 2 – February 2011 © Edexcel Limited 2011
116
Content
1 Understand the neurology of dementia
Causes of dementia syndrome: Alzheimer’s disease; vascular dementia;
Pick’s disease; dementia with Lewy bodies (Fronto-Temporal);
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD); Huntington’s disease
Types of memory impairment commonly experienced by individuals with dementia: decline in memory, reasoning and communication; changes in behaviour; loss of skills; abilities which fluctuate; movement difficulties
The way that individuals process information with reference to the abilities and limitations of individuals with dementia: information processing – sensory input of sight, sound, attention; short-term memory; long-term memory; effects of different types of dementia on this process
How other factors can cause changes in an individual’s condition that may not be attributable to dementia: the difference between dementia, depression and
Experience of Dementia
Unit code: DEM 301
Unit reference number: J/601/3538
QCF level: 3
Credit value: 3
Guided learning hours: 22
Unit summary
This unit provides the knowledge of the neurology of dementia to support the understanding of how individuals may experience dementia.
Learners taking the Dementia pathway in the Edexcel Level 3
Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England must take this unit.
Assessment requirements
This unit must be assessed in accordance with Skills for Care and
Development’s QCF Assessment Principles.
Assessment methodology
Learners can enter the types of evidence they are presenting for assessment and the submission date against each assessment criterion.
Alternatively, centre documentation should be used to record this information. N025514 – Specification – Edexcel Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England (QCF) Edexcel Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for Wales and
Northern Ireland (QCF) – Issue 2 – February 2011 © Edexcel Limited 2011
116
Content
1 Understand the neurology of dementia
Causes of dementia syndrome: Alzheimer’s disease; vascular dementia;
Pick’s disease; dementia with Lewy bodies (Fronto-Temporal);
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD); Huntington’s disease
Types of memory impairment commonly experienced by individuals with dementia: decline in memory, reasoning and communication; changes in behaviour; loss of skills; abilities which fluctuate; movement difficulties
The way that individuals process information with reference to the abilities and limitations of individuals with dementia: information processing – sensory input of sight, sound, attention; short-term memory; long-term memory; effects of different types of dementia on this process
How other factors can cause changes in an individual’s condition that may not be attributable to dementia: the difference between dementia, depression and