BUSINESS MANAGEMENT REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Veronica Aged Care Facility in Kincumber NSW is a large high care establishment with 102 residential beds. An internal courtyard is a feature of both floors. There is a wandering resident alarm system on both levels and the building is well secured. The residents are provided with: 24 hour nursing care Daily recreational activities and outings Physiotherapy and podiatry services A comprehensive complimentary therapies program Access to all the
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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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Unit 40: Dementia Care P1: Describe types of dementia and common signs and symptoms. What is dementia? Dementia is a common condition that affects about 800‚000 people in the UK. Your risk of developing dementia increases as you get older‚ and the condition usually occurs in people over the age of 65. Dementia is a syndrome associated with an ongoing decline of the brain and its abilities. This includes problems with: memory loss thinking speed mental agility language understanding
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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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Manifestations of Dementia Melinda Godfrey GNUR543 St. John Fisher College Mrs. Yowell is a 90-year-old woman who is a resident of a long-term care facility. She was alert and mentally quite capable until about a year ago when she began to manifest signs and symptoms of dementia. A review of her medical records failed to document a thorough analysis of her dementia‚ but a diagnosis of “probable Alzheimer disease” was recorded. What are the common manifestations of dementia? The definition
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1.1: Explain how cognitive‚ functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating‚ drinking and nutrition. Cognitive: depending on the type of dementia the individual has they may have trouble in recognising the food in front of them or not understand that the food provided is for them‚ This can be caused by their minds not recognising what is in front of them. Functional: The individual may struggle to use their knife‚ fork and spoon‚ they may even struggle to chew or swallow
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Many of you may not know much about Huntington’s disease. After reading this paper and the subsequent ones to come‚ you surely will. According to PudMedHealth.com‚ “Huntington’s disease is a disorder passed down through families in which nerve cells in certain parts of the brain waste away or degenerate.” This can lead to many different complications to a person’s health. In most cases‚ the disease’s symptoms develop later in life during a person’s mid thirties-forties. There are also instances where
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Music therapy is both a clinical and evidence based use of music that provides an accomplished‚ individualized‚ and therapeutic approach to the treatment of mental disorders in adults ages eighteen to fifty. The use of music in a therapeutic session helps to address the cognitive‚ communicative‚ social‚ and emotional needs of an individual. Treatment in music therapy is based around the influence that music has on the functional changes in a person’s brain and their behavior. The influence of music
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In 1995‚ Paul Edwards a philosopher formed the “Alzheimer’s Argument Against the Soul.” He used the Example of a kind and generous lady who often helping others‚ was drastically affected by the disease of Alzheimer’s. Edward states‚ “All her elegance was gone. She no longer recognized her children‚ and then in the advanced stage‚ became extremely aggressive. She who always helped others and was kind to others suddenly started to beat up other elderly patients.” Paul Edwards presentation disproves
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All across the globe millions of people are getting scammed out of money. Are you vulnerable because of your age? This study is to reveal what age is most vulnerable to be scammed‚ Young or old? This study deals with words that might be unknown. Cognition is the mental action of the process of acquiring knowledge. Exploit‚ to make full use of‚ derive benefit from. Scam‚ A dishonest fraud. I will also say older (forty and up) and younger (thirty-nine and down). Older people have many reasons to be
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