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    Awareness

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    “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful" by Joshua Marine. In the story‚ “The Secret Lion‚" written by Alberto Alvaro Rios‚ Alberto and his friend Sergio go through changes where their dreams are gone because of the new things they learn. The boys are starting to see that everything they love is taken away from them because they are becoming adults. In the story there is symbolism; each symbol represents the changes as the boys leave childhood

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    What is dementia

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    WHAT IS DEMENTIA? Dementia is a term that describes a collection of symptoms that include decreased intellectual functioning that interferes with normal life functions and is usually used to describe people who have two or more major life functions impaired or lost such as memory‚ language‚ perception‚ judgment or reasoning; they may lose emotional and behavioral control‚ develop personality changes and have problem solving abilities reduced or lost. There are different classification schemes for

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    communication and dementia

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    Understand and enable communication Different forms of dementia may affect the way an individual communicates. People with alzheimers and most other types of dementia‚often suffer from short-term memory loss.This means that they may be unable to remember events that have just happened or they may repeat a question after just a few minutes.They may forget names or even forget who people are all together.This can cause communication issues as they may be unaware who they are talking to‚forget earlier

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    Agitation In Dementia

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    Agitation is often seen in elderly with dementia and it can also be improved with the use of music therapy. Mathews found that there were “...mood-shifting effects; enhancement of cognitive function; reduction in agitation‚ anxiety‚ or wandering; the improvement in response to family and staff; and improvement in coordination and motor function” (Mathews). Elderly who deal with dementia often have agitation due to the loss of control they have over their minds and their lives. As a result‚ they tend

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    365 Dementia

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    |use tape counter numbers | | | |Date |1) Compare a person-centred approach with a non person-centred approach to dementia care. You may record | | | | |your answers in the table provided. | | | | |

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    Dementia Evaluation

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    Introduction The purpose of this review is to evaluate three assessment batteries used for the evaluation of neurocognitive disorders; specifically‚ dementia and aphasia. According to Murray and Clarke (2014)‚ dementia is defined as “a chronic‚ progressive deterioration of memory and at least one other area‚ such as personality‚ communication ability‚ or executive control functioning.” In contrast‚ Murray and Clarke define aphasia as “a disruption in using and understanding language following a neurological

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    Dementia Case Study

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    suffers with dementia and is cared for in her home. I will describe the range of needs of the older person and my understanding and application of concept associated with caring for an older person with Dementia. Dementia is the umbrella term used to describe various conditions which cause brain cells to die‚ leading to the progressive deterioration in memory and the ability to carry out everyday activities such as washing‚ dressing‚ eating‚ and completing complex tasks. Dementia may also affect

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    Four Stages Of Dementia

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    Chapter One 1.1 What is Dementia? Dementia is a broad term used to describe a various amount of diseases that are associated with the decline in the mental state. One of the most common forms of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease. It is the main culprit for almost half the cases of dementia seen in patients (O’ Shea‚ 2007). Other common forms of dementia include vascular dementia‚ mixed dementia and Lewy body dementia. The more uncommon forms of dementia include picks disease‚ Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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    ALL ABOUT DEMENTIA

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    1.1 DESCRIBE WHAT IS MEANT BY A PERSON CENTERED APPROACH It is a term used when describing good dementia care and also best practice in advocacy.  It recognises a person’s individuality‚ their personal history and personality.  It seeks to understand the world from the individual’s perspective.  When a person behaves in a way that is difficult‚ aggressive or inappropriate it is the role of others to try to understand why the person is behaving in that way‚ especially if they are unable to explain

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    Music Therapy and Dementia

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    Dementia is a progressive disease found in mostly Older people. It is described as the deterioration of brain function. It will affect memory‚ thinking‚ judgement‚ behavior and other every day life skills. It can be caused by different medical conditions‚ along with other factors that occur through out someone’s life. Dementia is broken down into three stages based on progression. There are many interventions used to slow down the digression of the disease‚ one being Music Therapy. Dementia

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