Kelsey Larrabee June 5th‚ 2014 Psychology 200 Alzheimer’s Disease Research Paper Kelsey Larrabee Abstract: Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia in elderly individuals. Currently‚ 4.5 million people in the United States approximately have Alzheimer’s disease. (Burns) Alzheimer’s disease presents the victim with a sharp decline in memory‚ language‚ visuospatial perception‚ executive functioning and decision-making. Because this disease is so harsh on
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process of ’cognitive housekeeping’ whereby a practitioner would explore their own values‚ beliefs and practice to a professional situation. It is also frequently perceived that a structure is helpful to support and encourage more than just simple reflections ‚Jones (2009). Popular theorists have emerged in reflective practice‚ Schon cited in Smith (2011) expands on the concepts of Dewey (1933) and Kolb (1984) by not simply learning from errors but to explore one’s own theory. Introducing the concept
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Moon‚ University of Exeter Introduction - reflection and reflective writing Reflection lies somewhere around the notion of learning and thinking. We reflect in order to learn something‚ or we learn as a result of reflecting. Reflective writing is the expression on paper/screen of some of the mental processes of reflection. Other forms of expressing reflection are in speech‚ in film‚ in graphic portrayal‚ music etc. The expression of reflection is not‚ however‚ a direct mirror of what happens
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In day to day life‚ people often reflect on events no matter how big or small the issues are. Reflection is a reviewing process of people’s experience‚ in order to describe‚ analyse‚ and evaluate to reshape people’s action of doing (Reid 1993). Reflective practice is essential for practitioners especially for health professionals‚ who interact with people that may be going through a changing in their life‚ so reflective practice enable practitioners to learn the experience and improve their service
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understanding of the fundamental requirements. Following a process of study and extensive analysis of appendixes 6‚7‚8‚9‚ my own development needs are most clearly in the areas of stress management‚ updating of Literacy and numeracy skills. Review of my reflections ( see appendix 10) demonstrates the need for more effective stress management strategies to be put into place as the notes show clearly defined moments of stress due to the previous lack of organisation and staff rotation‚ as well as the fact that
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the next page show different levels of reflection. They are based on a critical event that happened to a 22 year old in the workplace‚ after graduating. There are three accounts of the same event: giving a presentation at a team meeting. Each account is written with three different levels of reflection: • Descriptive writing: a description of events. There is no discussion beyond description and there is no evidence of reflection. • Descriptive reflection: there is a basic description of events
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d. Teenagers 2. In your own words explain the statement: “Alzheimer’s irreversibly obliterates the memory” 3. Alzheimer’s is a disorder of the ____________. a. Heart b. Brain c. Lungs d. Pancreas 4. Why Alzheimer has’s been called a disease of the 80’s? 5. The devastation that this disease causes is ____________________most imagined. a. Better than b. Just what is c. Far worse than d. None of the above 6. What are the effects
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field. It is not just a personal opinion as‚(Teekman 2000‚pg 1125-1135) states that reflective practice is becoming an essential element of nurse education as professional nursing bodies world wide are being impressed by literature on learning by reflection. It is nearly the same conclusion that is brought by Boud‚ Keogh and Walker(1987‚pg 11) and this is proof as well that reflective practice isn ’t a new concept. It is so‚ as they traced similar ideas back to Aristoles writings on practical judgement
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on the importance of interprofessional and collaborative practice in healthcare‚ the need for effective communication in any team and what could happen if there was a breakdown‚ then to finalise I will utilise Gibbs’ reflective cycle in my reflection. Reflection is an active‚ purposeful act intended to challenge students. It is a process by which students learn from their experiences while attaining a better understanding and knowledge of their practice (Burns‚
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change. In the beginning the changes are simple‚ like the acts of day turning to night‚ but at the end we see the life changes of a woman in particular. Through the use of metaphor and personification in the poem‚ Plath creates images of water‚ reflections‚ and colors as having human characteristics to emphasize the strong theme of change throughout the poem. From the beginning of the poem‚ we see that it revolves around water. We find out that the mirror is "unmisted" and "swallows" everything.
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