Description of event Today in placement I was asked if I would be able to assist Mrs X with personal care and dressing. Mrs X has advanced dementia and takes a lot of prompting to do simple tasks on her own‚ such as washing her face. Mrs X is fully mobile and needs a lot of support to hold her concentration on particular tasks or she is more likely to be distracted and wander off. Being aware of Mrs X’s needs I agreed that I am more than confident to assist her. I knocked on Mrs X’s door before
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How do I asses myself as a human person? Self assessment is a necessary activity for navigating a course through life. A conscious assessment of our goals‚ our behavior‚ our relationships‚ and our performance in all domains ultimately enables self improvement. It allows as to expand our options in life. I asses myself as a human person through knowing myself more. Knowing what my strength and weaknesses is. When I’m down and out‚ I remind myself that there are lots of other people in the world
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UNIT 1 COVER SHEET 4a EVALUATION OF SKILLS (1) Learning outcomes Unit 1 To begin a counselling session‚ ensure that the room the session takes place will be easily accessible for the client‚ and that there will be no surrounding noise that will cause a distraction. The room must be set within the counsellors guide lines and will be adhered to accordingly. All phones must be switched off‚ there shouldn’t be any sharp objects in the room that could cause harm to the client and counsellor.
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P2- Outline possible effects of dementia on an individual’s health and quality of life This assignment is going to outline possible effects of dementia on an individual’s health and quality of life. There are many different factors that having dementia will effect. As stated above some will affect the health of the person and others will affect the quality of life that the person will have. Depression is a common mental disorder‚ characterized by sadness‚ loss of interest or pleasure‚ feelings of
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Understand the process and experiences of dementia. 1 Understand the neurology of dementia 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome. Dementia is a word used to describe a group of symptoms and difficult day-to-day tasks. There are many causes of dementia such as: Alzheimer’s disease Vascular dementia Frontotemporal dementia Dementia with lewy bodies Alzheimer’s being the most common one that people will know; basically dementia is a serious deterioration in the mental functions such
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For those early-stage dementia patients‚ it is possible to achieve “integrity” and “wisdom”. As Christine Bryden‚ a top civil servant diagnosed with dementia at 46‚ explained‚ she has worked through what it means to be “me” since grappling with the fear of ceasing to be. She maintained integrity during a period of tremendous loss as she recognized dementia as a “journey towards my true self‚ with dementia stripping away the layers of cognition and emotion‚ I’m becoming
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Introduction Dementia is a public health problem currently affecting 24.3 million people worldwide and it is estimated that there will be about 81.1 million people diagnosed with dementia by 2040 as the number of older people increase globally (Ferri et al. 2005). This paper discusses the types‚ symptoms and causes of dementia‚ it also includes the methods of diagnosing and treating dementia with respect to their rights as individuals. Methods of easing burden of caregivers through drug therapy
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Ashley Holland NVQ 5 Dementia Dementia is a collection of different symptoms these could include‚ memory loss (this being the most common association)‚ difficulties with thinking and problem solving or language‚ dementia is caused by damaging of the brain tissue from diseases‚ such as strokes‚ Alzhiemers‚ picks and lewy bodies. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is classically defined as a dual clinicopathological entity. The cause of Alzheimer’s disease is unknown. This gap in knowledge has created
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delicate in the sense that over the years quite some medical conditions that affect its state have risen. These conditions may pose little effects on one’s daily routine but when severe can completely alter one’s daily life. One such condition is Dementia which has been found to be closely linked to Alzheimer’s Disease. Various studies conducted have pointed out the condition to be the leading killer in the elderly and thus is a serious condition. To understand the condition further‚ it’s important
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Dementia D1 In this part of the essay I will evaluate how different approaches to caring for people with dementia can affect individual outcomes. I will evaluate the difference of someone living at home with dementia and someone who is living in a care home also suffering with dementia. When living at home with dementia the individual will have professional help come to them to help with daily tasks such as supervising medication intake‚ enabling optimum health and safety at home‚ providing a patient
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