Unit 13 –Dementia Awareness 1) 1.1. Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is a set of symptoms that affect the way people think and interact with each other. It is not a disease‚ but can often be linked to a disease or damage done to the brain. Short-time memory‚ mind‚ speech and motor skills are affected. Certain forms of dementia cause a change in the personality of the individual. A person suffering from dementia will lose certain skills and knowledge they already had. This
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Process and Experience of Dementia Gerry Podd answers 1. Understand the neurology of dementia 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome? Fixed cognitive impairments are due to a single event. Traumatic brain injury may cause generalized damage to the white matter of the brain or localized damages. A temporary reduction in the supply of blood and oxygen to the brain may lead to this type of dementia. A stroke or brain infection can also be the cause of dementia. Excessive alcoholic intake
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our brain functions. Dementia happens when these neurons lose connection‚ die and stop working due to physical changes in the brain caused by a disease or accident. It is one of the leading cause of death in the United States and the only one that can’t be cured‚ prevented or delayed. Approximately 5 million Americans are suffering from this disease and these numbers are projected to increase in the years to come. There are numerous research and studies dedicated to dementia‚ but the breakthrough
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Unit 4222-371 Understanding and enable positive interaction and communication with individuals who have dementia Outcome 1 Understand the factors that can affect interaction and communication of individuals with Dementia 1 Explain how different forms of dementia may affect the way an individual communicates Alzheimer’s disease is a combination of genetic and environmental factors which during the course of the disease a number of chemical and structural changes happen within the brain. Alzheimer’s
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Degenerative disease experienced at a higher rate among Japanese Americans: Dementia A degenerative disease that is experienced at a much higher rate among Japanese Americans is Dementia. According to the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study‚ there are a lot of Japanese-American men with Vascular Dementia. In fact‚ it is seen more commonly in Japanese-American men than in Caucasian men. Is it also mentioned that there are a lot of cases of dementia in Japanese-American men that are not diagnosed as well. After reading
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J/601/2874 (DEM 201)- DEMENTIA AWARENESS. Unit aim: This unit enables learners to gain knowledge of what dementia is‚ the different forms of dementia and how others can have an impact on the individual with dementia. Credit value-2 Level 2 This workbook covers the following elements: Learning outcomes: There are four learning outcomes to this unit- 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
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Unit 13 1 Understand what dementia is 1.1 explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is a serious loss of global cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person‚ beyond what might be expected from normal ageing. 1.2 describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia Dementia is not a single disease‚ but a non-specific syndrome (i.e.‚ set of signs and symptoms). Affected cognitive areas can be memory‚ attention‚ language‚ and problem solving. temporal lobe
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Unit 52 - Equality‚ Diversity and Inclusion in Dementia Care Practice 1. Understand that each individual’s experience of dementia is unique 1.1 Explain why it is important to recognise and respect an individual’s heritage. People’s customs and religious practices are very important to them. It defines who they are. Some like their dietary needs met regarding not eating pork‚ or being a vegetarian or pescaterian so this needs to be adhered to. Some people would only like people of their own sex handling
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RN has an important role in coordinating‚ supervising and delegating staff to provide safe and quality care to older residents with dementia. As the EENs‚ ENs and PCAs are in the direct contact with residents more often‚ the RN has the responsibility to gather and redistribute information to all caregivers (ACN‚ 2016). Staff may not always have the prerequisite dementia knowledge‚ skills or training‚ and this requires staff to be supervised by a RN (Hickman‚ Neville‚ Fischer‚ Davidson‚ & Phillips‚
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DEM 301 Understand the process and experience of Dementia |Title |DEM 301 Understand the process and experience of Dementia | |Level |3 | |Credit value |3 | |Learning
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