| | | | | | | |Unit 313. Equality‚ diversity and inclusion in dementia care and practice. | | | | | | | |Q1(1.1) Explain why it
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Title: 242 Equality‚ diversity and inclusion in dementia care practice Level: 2 Credit Value: 3 GLH 24 1 Explain what is meant by: a) diversity b) equality c) inclusion Diversity means people of different sexes‚ ages that all have their own different experiences‚ attitudes‚ beliefs and preferences. Equality means treating everyone fairly and making equal opportunities available. Inclusion involves making the individual the centre of their life‚ involving them in everything that is about them so
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suffers with dementia and is cared for in her home. I will describe the range of needs of the older person and my understanding and application of concept associated with caring for an older person with Dementia. Dementia is the umbrella term used to describe various conditions which cause brain cells to die‚ leading to the progressive deterioration in memory and the ability to carry out everyday activities such as washing‚ dressing‚ eating‚ and completing complex tasks. Dementia may also affect
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The Range of causes of dementia There are many diseases that result in dementia. The most common types of dementia are Alzheimer’s disease; vascular dementia; Pick’s disease; dementia with Lewy bodies (Fronto-Temporal); Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD); Huntington’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common causes of dementia. The term ’dementia’ describes a set of symptoms‚ which can include memory loss‚ changes in mood and problems with communication and reasoning. These symptoms occur
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Dementia is mean‚ mind stealing disease that affects many elderly patients in different ways. It begins with forgetting small things like where you put your car keys‚ and escalates into forgetting yourself and your family. Many can function well with dementia for a period of time‚ but then generally have to transition into receiving help from family caregivers and/or nursing facilities such as nursing homes or assisted living. Dementia can turn a normal thinking person into an irrational person who
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Dementia awareness 1.1 The term ‘dementia’ is used to describe a number of symptoms including memory loss‚ problems communicating and reasoning. It also affects a person’s ability to perform every day activities such as washing‚ dressing‚ cooking and generally caring for themselves. 1.2 The key functions that are affect by dementia include: * Frontal lobe- This part of the brain is responsible for problem solving‚ making decisions‚ controlling behaviour and emotions * Temporal
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Orem: Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 501: Theoretical Basis for Advanced Nursing Practice September 2015 Dorothea Orem: Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory The art of nursing has been around many years. Like professional medicine‚ nursing is an ever-changing field in health care. What we?who learn in school is just a basic foundation of this exciting field in health care. Yet‚ where did the basic theories of nursing come from? What is nursing theory? I will
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Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Practice Model Elaine Gilligan Whelan‚ RNC‚ MA‚ MSN ABSTRACT Curriculum design in nursing education has become an increasingly sophisticated process throughout the past decade. "Theories" of nursing have emerged‚ and have become the basis for various curricula models. One model which is relevant to nursing education‚ practice and research‚ is that of Dorothea Orem. Nurse educators are constantly bombarded with material regardmg various nursing "theories." Each nurse educator
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interesting and mixed population‚ with different cultures. Health care providers in the Unites States and the rest of the world gain more understanding of the necessity to develop a cultural competency in the patient care. Miami‚ the city where I live involve a rich multicultural people from several parts of the world. Nurses all the time are dealing with those rich cultures. The Humanistic disciplines support the theory of cultural care diversity and the universality created by Leininger. This principal
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Nursing Theory Plan of Care Theoretical Foundations of Practice NUR/513 March 05‚ 2012 Nursing Theory Plan of Care Ida Orlando literally wrote the book on the function of nursing. Her theory of the deliberative nursing process outlines a dynamic nurse-patient relationship in which the nurse uses his or her senses of perception together with deliberate actions to create an individualized care plan for each patient. Results of current research on the application of her theory follow a
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