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    The effects of having pets are: learning to care about another living being‚ learning to deal with the pets passing‚ learning about friendship‚ loyalty‚ and protection. Through my experiences with having dogs and cats‚ I have experienced these effects firsthand. First‚ learning to care about another living being has helped me to build my responsibility as a whole. It has also helped me to realize that I don’t want children of my own‚ for fear of losing them. Learning to deal with the passing of

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    The effects of having a pet are endless. As a pet owner knows‚ sharing his or her life with a little furry four-legged companion can be a curse and a blessing. There are several effects of owning a pet‚ including having the knowledge to care about a different living creature‚ dealing with the passing of a pet‚ and knowledge about loyalty‚ protection‚ and friendship. Owning a pet is one of the most incredible and valuable things a person can do in his or her lifetime. People own pets for many reasons

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    Understand the process and experience of dementia 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome Dementia is a term describing a wide range of symptoms associated with the decline of the memory‚ or other cognitive or sensorial skills that reduce a person’s ability to perform day by day activities. This term refers to Alzheimer disease‚ Vascular dementiaDementia with Lewy bodies‚ Parkinson’s disease‚ Creutzfeldt-Jakobs disease‚ Huntington’s disease in the same time. What causes this range

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    nutritional requirements of individuals with dementia Outcome 1 Understand the nutritional needs that are unique to individuals with dementia. 1.Cognitive means the affect that dementia has on thinking skills eg memory‚ understanding etc. Functional is about the ability to perform actions such as feeding themselves. Emotional is about how they feel and react eg confusion can cause distress and aggression. As dementia progresses‚ eating and drinking can become difficult for some

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    Alzheimer’s and Dementia really the same thing? Aysha Culliver December 13‚ 2012 5th Period Woodward Purpose I often hear people say that a person suffering from Alzheimer’s is not the person they knew. I wander to myself. Who are they then? –Bob DeMarco. What is Alzheimer ’s disease? Alzheimer ’s disease is a disease that slowly and little by little destroys brain cells. It is neither transmittable nor contagious‚ but is the single most common cause of dementia. A condition that

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    “Should Textbooks Be Replaced By Notebook Computers?” Its believable 100% that the scientific worldview dominates our contemporary consciousness. And thus do kids really need to go to school to learn by textbooks?. For most ancient people it is blindingly obvious that textbooks is the only place where teaching relies upon. And for them it goes without saying that real learning only takes place where there is teaching with the aid of textbooks. Kids need notebook computers for real learning to take

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    Dementia is the term used to describe the symptoms that occur when the brain is affected (damaged) by certain diseases and conditions (e.g. a stroke)‚ including Alzheimer’s disease. As this is a progressive disease‚ symptoms can be slowed down‚ but not cured and will always‚ gradually get worse. Regardless of the cause of the dementia‚ as it is the brain cells that are dying‚ some of the person’s abilities and functions of day to day life will progressively become more difficult. There are five

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    Understand the Process and experience of Dementia 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome There are several causes of dementia some of them are; a stroke‚ brain disease‚ MS‚ certain medications‚ shrinkage of the brain‚ too many opiates over a long period of time and severe alcoholism 1.2 Describe the types of memory impairment commonly experienced by individuals with dementia Dementia can cause the sufferer to experience loss of mental ability‚ loss of memory‚ a reduced

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    my day planner is an absolute necessity in order to stay on track. Most people keep some form of calendar‚ from intricately-detailed schedules‚ to simply jotting down a few notes at home‚ to setting reminders in a smartphone. Having read Joan Didion’s “On Keeping a Notebook‚” I am going to discuss the importance of personal history recording. While it is customary to document impending future events in a written or digital log‚ most modern record-keeping is done publicly‚ via social media; our daily

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    own life. When I took that step to own a dog‚ it affected my mental and emotional well-being. I never had that feeling of being alone‚ with that I was always grateful for having my companion along with me. I researched the health benefits of having a dog as a pet and being alone all the time can lead to depression by having a dog‚ can help cure the depressed state that you may experience. Also medically the brain releases

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