Definition: Dexterity Impairment (Arms/Hands/Fingers) Reduced function of arms and hands makes activities related to moving‚ turning or pressing objects difficult or impossible. This does not influence speech communication itself but makes it hard to make a phone call or use a wide range of other equipment. Big button phones‚ text-to-speech and other handy products If you have problems with dexterity you don’t have to struggle with small buttons or fiddly switches. Many of our phones have
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MKT-1209‚ Marketing Research Design Vince Dobson An indirect approach in qualitative research is when the purpose of the projected is kept secret from the respondents. Projective techniques consist of four categories‚ association tasks‚ completion tasks‚ construction tasks‚ and expressive tasks. The Thematic Apperception Test or TAT used by psychologists is also very common in the projective techniques. To test new ad concepts these projective techniques will give the market researcher
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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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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 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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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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Dementia is a progressive brain impairment that interferers with memory and basic living functions. According to the scholarly journal‚ “Dementias”‚ dementia affects about 46 million people worldwide. Approximately 7.7 million new cases of dementia form every year. This occurs in both men and women over the age of sixty. Dementia affects patient memory‚ and impairs abstract thoughts and functions such as aphasia and apraxia. Along with the again process‚ dementia can be caused by
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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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Dementia awaress essay 1.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.The term ‘dementia’ is often misunderstood and some people use the terms ‘senile’‚ ‘dementia’ and ‘Alzheimer’s’ interchangeably‚ thinking that they are one and the same thing. 2.Key functions of the brain that are affected by
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GERIATRIC DEMENTIA Dementia has an originally meaning of madness “a serious loss of global cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person‚ beyond what might be expected from normal aging.” Although dementia has always been somewhat common‚ it has become even more common among the elderly in recent history. Dementia is one of the most serious disorders affecting the elderly. The prevalence of dementia increases rapidly with age. The prevalence of dementia has been difficult to determine
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