1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome Dementia can be caused by damage to or changes in the brain. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause this is when there is progressive loss of nerve cells without known cause. Stroke is the second most common cause of dementia. Dementia caused by stroke is called vascular dementia. CJD is also a form of dementia which is caused by prion disease. Prions are proteins which are found in mammals. When the proteins group together in the brain‚
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1. Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is the term used to describe a group of symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by certain diseases and conditions. Symptoms are progressive and degenerative and as more brain cell get damaged or die‚ a gradual loss of memory and decline in other intellectual functions which affects a person’s ability to remember‚ make rational judgments or communicate and is serious enough to interfere with performing the tasks of daily life. There
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Section 1 Verbal Ability No. of Questions: 20 Duration in Minutes: 20 Assessments by Merit Track Directions for Questions 1-3 : Choose the option which will correctly fill the blank. 1) I am writing to enquire _________the possibility of hiring a conference room at the hotel on the 2nd of September. A) Of B) About C) Into D) after 2) _________ having her lunch‚ she stood - the tree and waited _______ him. A) With‚ below‚ for B) After‚ under‚ for C) Inside‚ further‚ to D) About‚ across
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The first step in supporting people with a sensory impairment appropriately is to identify them. Local authorities should put in place a process to understand the prevalence of sensory loss in their populations to inform commissioning and market shaping functions. They should also have in place systems to record the number of people known to them. In identifying people with sensory impairment it is important to have in mind that: • There is a high prevalence of sensory loss amongst older people
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ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 260 IMPAIRMENT QUIZ QUESTIONS 1. When should an entity conduct an impairment test? (2 Marks) Assets that are consider to have uncertain carrying amounts must be tested every year for impairment. Goodwill acquired in a business combination Intangible assets with an indefinite useful life Intangibles not yet ready for use Impairment testing of all other assets is required only if there is an indication that they might be impaired due to events
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Verbals: Gerunds‚ Participles‚ and Infinitives Worksheet #1 Name _________________________________ Period ________ Exercise Directions: Highlight in red the –ing word in each sentence. After it‚ tell how it is being used in the sentence: gerund (subject‚ direct object‚ predicate noun‚ or object of the preposition)‚ participle (adjective)‚ infinitive‚ or is it just part of the regular verb phrase . Remember that any part of speech can be compound‚ meaning that there can be two or more
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P1- describe the types of dementia In this assignment I am going to be describing 3 different types of dementia. I will be looking at Alzheimer’s disease‚ Vascular dementia and Lewy body dementia. I will be looking at what these dementias are‚ what the signs are and what the symptoms are. Dementia is a common condition that affects 800‚000 people in the UK‚ someone’s risk of developing dementia increases as you get older and the condition usually occurs in people over the age of 65 years old
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The factors that can affect an individual’s views on death and dying and include social factors‚ cultural‚ religious and spirit I believe one’s religion plays a big part. Many suicide bombers believe that if they fight the religious war and become a hero through death they will get many virgins as a reward in the afterlife. Therefore they don’t mind killing themselves. Most people view the idea of death through the glasses of their trained religion teachings. Death is a personal event that
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them take part and matching against other bands and seeing the look on they faces when win .i love to walk my dog up the park when I get time .my religion is church of England which I use to attend when I was younger .i belief everybody as the right to they own values and beliefs and they should be able to say how they feel and practice they own religion I have just complete my level 2 which once I got in to it I enjoyed doing and learning new things .I’m know hoping to do my level 3and I hope I
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ABSTRACT Misleading information presented after an event can lead people to erroneous reports of that misinformation. Different process histories can be responsible for the same erroneous report in different people. We argue that the relative proportion of times that the different process histories are responsible for erroneous reporting will depend on the conditions of acquisition‚ retention‚ and retrieval of information. Given the conditions typical of most misinformation experiments‚ it appears
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