DEMENTIA AWARENESS Explain what is meant by the term Dementia The term ’dementia ’ describes a set of symptoms which include loss of memory‚ mood changes‚ processing information and problems with communication and reasoning. These symptoms occur when the brain is damaged by certain diseases‚ including Alzheimer ’s disease and damage caused by a series of small strokes. Dementia affects older and younger people and the decline in the person will get worse as more brain cells are damaged or die
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Understand the nutritional needs that are unique to individuals with dementia 1.1 - Describe how cognitive functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating drinking and nutrition: Cognitive: if cognitive ability is impaired a patient could forget to eat‚ or think they aren’t being fed at all as well as forgetting to drink etc‚ they may also leave cookers or other hot things on as they have forgotten they have put them on‚ Functional: They may not be able to feed
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CU238P Dementia Awareness 1.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’. The term dementia is used to describe an illness that affects the memory. Patients can suffer from forgetfulness‚ loss of memory and the inability to remember new information. As well as being unable to speak and be understood by others and be unable to carry out general tasks. Patients can also suffer from mood changes and all reasoning. This all has an effect on daily routines and people become unable to look after
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AND DISADVANTAGES OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS Advantages and disadvantages of individual rights and public order University of Phoenix Advantages and disadvantages of individual rights and public order Every human being deserves to have Individual rights and they are a very important part of the justice system. Without individual rights things would be chaotic therefore‚ public order is brought into the system so that everyone’s individual rights are in place for each individual to use as a backbone
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Unit 4222-237 Dementia awareness. 1.3. Depression‚ delirium and age related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia as they all share the many of the same symptoms as dementia. Below I will put the symptoms of all of these and you will see they are very similar. Symptoms of depression: -Anxiety‚ irritability‚ Delusions -Hallucinations -Increased or decreased body movements -Pacing‚ wringing their hands‚ pulling or rubbing their hair‚ body‚ or clothing -Sleep disturbance: difficulty
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Greta was heading towards late adulthood and had dementia. It is a condition in which there is a decline in the mental ability which interferes with interferes with daily life. It has some early symptoms which if taken care can prevent getting it severe and worsen the condition. As mentioned‚ Greta had always been an independent woman. She loved doing things on her own and taking care of herself and her family. This trait of her made it difficult for her to accept taking medical help for her condition
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Individual Rights and Freedom V.S. National Security National Security Pros Cons National Security secures people’s safety; individual rights wouldn’t exist without a country being well protected‚ and Defeats the purpose of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom Only a legitimate government provides national safety‚ so civilians wont have to worry about corruptions. The use of millimetre wave scanner higher US’s security‚ but the security check is an invasive search of the body. The image
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Unit 49 – Understand and Meet the nutritional needs of individuals with Dementia 1.1 People with Dementia will decline and their levels of functioning will deteriorate and will not be able to manage many tasks like preparing food‚ shopping‚ cleaning‚ washing‚ bathing and eating‚ this will gradually become worse. Cognitive changes will affect their ability to communicate‚ they will find it hard to listen‚ remember and interact with people and this will affect their diet. They many also find they
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In the modern world‚ increasing the understanding of dementia would be beneficial to most globally. Reasons why education of dementia is important will be discussed‚ whilst looking at the effects of dementia on health‚ costs and ageing population globally. Dementia is a type of health disorder that has a variety of effects. It results from diseases or injuries that relate to the brain (Whitman‚ 2009). The result is always a persistent or a chronic problem with the normal functioning of the mental
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that relate to rights and choices of an individuals with Dementia would be to make sure the individual is involved as much as they can with things that involve themselves‚ involve families and carers who know the individual well‚ look at care plans and look at there history of what the like and dislike. Whilst working that relates to individuals rights and choices you must also make sure you stick to and follow all procedures and legislations in place to make sure that the individual is getting the
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