Achievement The invention of Eatwell‚ a tableware set for dementia patients‚ helps to make the process of eating as simple as possible‚ thereby increasing their food and drink intake. Impact on community Eatwell is particularly important for dementia patients. Their motor impairments may result in spillage of food‚ thus they often consume less than what they should and suffer from a major issue of malnutrition. Eatwell has many customized features such as easy-to-scoop utensils and cups made
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Unit 33 Understand the Process and Experience of Dementia Understand the neurology of dementia 1.1 Dementia is an umbrella term for a range of diseases that affect memory‚ behaviour and motor skills. The causes vary depending on the disease but largely the presence of “plaques” and “tangles” on the neurons of the brain is found in people with Alzheimer’s. Plaques are protein that the body no longer breaks down and allows to build up; these get between the neurons and disrupt the message transmission
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this? This is just a small portion of the many examples that I have experience watching my grandmother battle with severe dementia. It is disease that causes the loss of cognitive functioning of thinking‚ remembering‚ and reasoning. In addition‚ to the behavior abilities that will interfere with a person’s daily life and activities. Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia. Which brings me to the scientist Alois Alzheimer a German physician‚
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DEMENTIA AWARNESS 1.Understand what dementia is 1.1 Explain what is meant by the term ’dementia’ A syndrome due to disease of the brain‚ usually of a chronic progressive nature in which there are multiple disturbances of higher cognitive function. These include impairment of memory‚ thinking and orientation‚ learning ability‚ language and judgement. 1.2 Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia The key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia are the temporal
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functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating‚ drinking and nutrition? Cognitive: depending on the type of dementia a person has they may have trouble in recognising the food in front of them or not understand that the food provided is for them‚ they may even view the food in front of them as food. This can be caused by their minds not recognising what is in front of them. Functional: depending on the type of dementia a person has they may struggle to use their knife
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trouble remembering things or having trouble communicating with others they might have dementia. Dementia is a condition that has affected the human brain. When there is damage to the brain and can end up in a head injury or a stroke is when dementia can happen. The most common sign of Dementia is having memory loss. There is a wide range of symptoms when it comes to dementia. Before somebody is considered to have dementia two of the core mental functions must be impaired which are memory‚ communication
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Plan Profile I am currently on a Mental Health placement at a local hospital. Mr Burns is a 75 year old man to protect the client the name has been changed under the data Protection Act 1998 that has been on the all-male dementia ward since 2007. Mr Burns has Alzheimer’s disease‚ stomach ulcers‚ prone to seizures and Dysphasia. Using Rober‚ Logan and Tierney’s model the 13 activities of daily living the priorities for Mr Burns are personal cleaning and dressing‚ mobilizing and eating and drinking
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activity. These folks with dementia‚ much be so frustrated with things going on in their life‚ in which they can’t control. I think of an example of‚ a patient attempting to tell a story‚ but just can’t get the right words to come out or remember all of the details of the story. This has to be a very frusturating event in their life. The hard part is‚ that if the individual has dementia‚ it occurs throughout their entire day. I imagine at one point the person with dementia just gives up and stops trying
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can be very complex‚ due to the effects that aging has on the body‚ add to this complex situation‚ dementia‚ and it becomes even more complex. The behavioral disturbances that are common for this group of people are‚ hitting‚ screaming‚ biting‚ resisting care‚ wandering‚ self-harm‚ nocturnal wakefulness‚ refusal to eat‚ frequent and unnecessary toilet requests‚ and intrusion (Adams‚ 2008). Acute care nurses are expected to deal with serious illnesses along with the behaviour issues of elderly people
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will take place within the baby room. There will be 2 other members of staff present and the number of babies varies. There isn’t a title for the activity as it’s more of an experience as it’s to suit a care need. He is & months old. The aim of this experience is to help meet the baby’s individual care needs when changing a nappy. I have chosen to do this activity because my supervisor guided me to do him as he wriggles when being changed. To do this activity I observed the child whilst there nappy
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