K.G. is a single seventy-six-year-old First Nations male living with dementia and he has a history of alcohol abuse. K.G. has been living at Central City Lodge for eight years now. K.G. has a significant impairment of remote and recent memories. He has cognitive deficits in the ability to think abstractly and alterations in his language ability (aphasia). K.G. has poor judgement and a lack of insight into his illness. Currently K.G. has no persecutory delusions or any sensory perceptual disturbances
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Most Recent Employer CLS Care Services - October 2011– Date Care Team Leader- Lyndhurst Key Skills • Managing a team of care staff ensuring all needs of the clients are met to a high standard. • Taking responsibility for the home in the absence of the Manager. • Ensuring that all services provided meet CLS standards. • Lead and coach the team including staff supervisions and yearly appraisals. • Maintaining accurate records e.g. care plans‚ accident reports.
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themselves in the individual’s perspective and understanding how they must feel. It is important that carers have a lot of patience and be a compassionate person. People who suffer with dementia find it challenging to do every day activities; everybody suffers differently as there are different stages of dementia. It is important to treat every individual to their specific needs as some are more able than others. Being friendly and having time to sit down and talk to an individual can mean a lot
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UNDERSTANDING HOW KEY FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN ARE AFFECTED BY DEMENTIA You do not have to become an expert on the brain to be a good dementia health care worker. However‚ having a basic awareness of the brain’s functioning may help you to understand some of the difficulties a person with dementia is experiencing. It can also help to explain some of the behaviours you may find challenging and difficult to comprehend. The level of damage taking place in the brain (‘neurological impairment’)
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Module 6. Depression/Delirium/Dementia Mary Shelkey‚ RN‚ PhD Editor: Conchita Rader‚ MA‚ RN Staff Development Partners Edition Instructor Guide EXPECTED STAFF (Cognitive) COMPETENCIES 1. Describe the prevalence of depression in older adults. 2. Use an assessment instrument for depression in older adults (see Module 5. Cognitive / Mental Status Assessment of Older Adults) 3. Discuss symptoms and treatment strategies for depression
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Achievement The invention of Eatwell‚ a tableware set for dementia patients‚ helps to make the process of eating as simple as possible‚ thereby increasing their food and drink intake. Impact on community Eatwell is particularly important for dementia patients. Their motor impairments may result in spillage of food‚ thus they often consume less than what they should and suffer from a major issue of malnutrition. Eatwell has many customized features such as easy-to-scoop utensils and cups made
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Nursing theory combines four common elements: the client‚ health‚ environment and nursing. Nursing theory guides nursing decisions and actions to explain a phenomenon and to give the appropriate care to a client. Madeleine Leininger incorporates all of these elements in her cultural care diversity and universality theory. She theorized and researched the importance of recognizing the client’s cultural differences and incorporating this knowledge along with caring in the client’s care. The goal
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OREM’ SELF-CARE DEFICIT THEORY OF NURSING Dorcas Gray NUR/403 January 13‚ 2014 Marilyn Moorhouse University of Phoenix Material Nursing Theorist Grid The chosen theorist is Dorothea Orem. Description of key points of the theory The self-care deficit theory “provides a way of looking at and investigating what nurses do” (Blais & Hayes‚ 2011‚ p. 102). It speaks to activities that individuals can perform independently to maintain life‚ health‚ and wellbeing. The theory outlines
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DEMENTIA AWARNESS 1.Understand what dementia is 1.1 Explain what is meant by the term ’dementia’ A syndrome due to disease of the brain‚ usually of a chronic progressive nature in which there are multiple disturbances of higher cognitive function. These include impairment of memory‚ thinking and orientation‚ learning ability‚ language and judgement. 1.2 Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia The key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia are the temporal
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this? This is just a small portion of the many examples that I have experience watching my grandmother battle with severe dementia. It is disease that causes the loss of cognitive functioning of thinking‚ remembering‚ and reasoning. In addition‚ to the behavior abilities that will interfere with a person’s daily life and activities. Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia. Which brings me to the scientist Alois Alzheimer a German physician‚
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