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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Unit 4222-237 Dementia Awareness (DEM 201) Assessment Criteria Outcome 1 Understand what dementia is Explain what is meant by the term “dementia” The literal interpretation of the word ’dementia’ means deprived of mind. Is usually taken to mean mental deterioration or group of conditions/disorders of brain. Specific diseases eg Alzheimer’s Disease‚ Parkinson’s Disease‚ Cerebral Vascular e.g. stroke. Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected
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4222-237/DEM 201 Dementia Awareness Outcome 1 1. Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is a long term condition that mainly affects people over the age of 65 although there are forms of dementia that can affect people younger than this. The term dementia covers a range of symptoms‚ the combination of which depends on the type of dementia and the parts of the brain that are affected. 2. Explain what the key functions of the brain are that are affected by dementia Frontal lobe –
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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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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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DEMENTIA AWARENESS 3.4 Identify prevelance rates for different types of dementia. Prevelance shows the number of new cases of dementia in a given time period. The well established prevelance rates for dementia in the UK are – 40-64 years - 1 in 1400 65-69 years – 1 in 100 70-79 years - 1 in 25 80+ - 1 in 6 It is estimated that by 2021 there will be one million people with dementia in the UK this is expected to rise to over 1.7 million people with dementia by 2051. A steady rather than
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Dementia Awareness Explain what is meant by the term ’dementia’ - Dementia is a name that best describes a collection of symptoms‚ which leads to a reduction in someone’s abilities and skills when carrying out day to day tasks‚ i.e. washing‚ dressing and cooking. Key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia - Areas of the brain that are affected by dementia are the Temporal‚ Parietal‚ Occipital and Frontal lobes. These all control functions of the brain such as memory‚ recognition sequencing
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DEMENTIA AWARENESS Understand what dementia is Explain what is meant by demtia: Dementia is a term that is used when the brain is affected by different diseses or conditions. Describe the key functions of the brain affected by dementia: The key functions of the brain affected by dementia are- processing information‚language‚memory‚ability to make sound judements. Explain why depression‚ delirium and age related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia: They may be mistaken for dementia
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4222 - 237 Dementia Awareness Learning outcomes: 1 Understand what dementia is 2 Understand key features of the theoretical models of dementia 3 Know the most common types of dementia and their causes 4 Understand factors relating to an individuals experience of dementia Resources Information and research on different forms of dementia Outcome 1 Write a definition of the term ‘dementia’. O1.1 Dementia is the significant
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2015 Unit 13 Dementia Awareness 1. Understand what dementia is 1.1 Explain what mean by the term "dementia" The word dementia describes a set of symptoms that may include memory loss and difficulties with thinking‚ problem-solving or language. Dementia is caused when the brain is damaged by diseases‚ such as Alzheimer ’s disease or a series of strokes. 1.2 Describe the key functions of the brain that are - affected by dementia The main areas of the brain that are affected by dementia in terms of
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