DEM 201 1.1- Dementia are the signs and symptoms caused as a result of specific diseases such as Alzheimer’s or a stroke that involve the damaging of brain cells; as the brain cells die the person with a dementia will lose their ability to do things they are used to doing as different parts of the brain are damaged. Dementia affects both older and younger people and the decline in the person will get worse as more brain cells are damaged or die. 1.2-The main areas of the brain that are affected
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Level 3 Certificate in Dementia Care UNIT 101 Michelle Hoskins Unit 101 - Understand the process and experience of dementia Outcome 1 - Understand the neurology of dementia Part 1 Dementia is a term that describes a serious deterioration in mental function. There are many different causes of dementia. The following are a range of causes of dementia: Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia. It is caused by certain nerve cells within the brain dying and deterioration
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the process and experience of dementia (DEM 301) Outcome 1 - Understand the neurology of dementia. 1. Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome. - There are several causes of dementia some of them are; a stroke‚ brain disease‚ MS‚ certain medications‚ shrinkage of the brain‚ too many opiates over a long period of time and severe alcoholism 2. Describe the types of memory impairment commonly experienced by individuals with dementia. - Dementia can cause the sufferer to experience
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Dementia and Ethical Issues HCS-545 April 09‚ 2012 Cheryl Bly Dementia Ethical Issues Growing old and losing the ability to function independently is inevitable. Aging is a part of life. As adults grow old‚ they need increased assistance with daily living skills. The elderly may need assistance with finances‚ cooking‚ washing clothes‚ and cleaning. However‚ many Americans are not only aging but also acquiring dementia. In a recent study from the funded by the National
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NVQ 2 25/3/15 Kym Barratt Unit 13 Dementia Awareness 1. 1.1 Dementia describes a group of chronic degenerative conditions of brain function. The type of dementia will determine the areas of the brain that are affected and its’ progression. It typically affects memory‚ communication skills‚ personality and reasoning. 1.2 The key functions of the brain affected by dementia are memory‚ ability to make decisions‚ ability to use reason and logic‚ personality‚ ability to communicate and
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CT238/CU328 – Dementia Awareness 1. Understand what Dementia is 1.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘Dementia’. A definition of the term ‘dementia’ is: A condition due to a disease of the brain‚ generally of a constant progressive quality‚ where there are many disturbances of higher cognitive functions. These include impairment of thinking‚ memory and orientation‚ learning ability‚ language judgement. The resulting disability depends on the interaction between the underlying disease process
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UNIT 18 Understand the role of communication and interaction with individuals who have Dementia 1 Understand that individuals with dementia may communicate in different ways. 1.Explain how individuals with dementia may communicate through their behaviour. People with dementia communicate in many different ways Looking at old photos Body language‚ (including posture and facial( expressions ) Singing Dancing Drawing Painting Shouting Become aggressive. 1.2 examples of how
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symptoms of dementia are present a diagnosis is not performed until an average of 20 months later. One of the key factors of why diagnosis is so late is because it is often hard for people to differentiate the difference between normal ageing and dementia (Bond et al. 2013). Family members play an important role in assessing wether a diagnosis is required as they should be able to differentiate between ageing and dementia. Whilst there is no cure for dementia‚ if an early diagnosis for dementia is made
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Running Head: DEMENTIA Understand the Process and Experience of Dementia [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution] Outcome 1: Understand the Neurology of Dementia 1. Range of Causes Of Dementia Syndrome Dementia is a syndrome that has different set of symptoms and signs. There are many types of disorders which can be caused in dementia. People with dementia illnesses sometimes suffer from a number of conditions which do not experience the events as they are. Although
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