Dementia is a type of disorder that affects the central nervous system. It’s not a disease itself but a group of symptoms that characterize disease and conditions. It’s commonly defined as a decline in intellectual functioning that is severe enough to interfere with the ability to perform routine activities. It causes significant loss of intellectual abilities‚ such as memory capacity‚ severe enough to interfere with social or occupational functioning. Dementia‘s a general term that also includes
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Outline the psychosocial issues associated with Dementia Outline the psychosocial issues associated with Dementia Naturally‚ ageing is associated with ‘slowing down’‚ including changes in memory and cognitive functioning caused by physical changes in the central nervous system and brain structure. It has been established that good health behaviours‚ mental exercises and targeted treatment of some organic brain syndromes can help older adults maintain their good cognitive health (Hoffnung
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Outcome 1. Understand the concept of diversity and its relevance to working with individuals who have dementia. 1. Explain what is meant by the terms Diversity: This means difference and peoples differences are varied. Race‚ culture‚ age‚ marital status‚ politics and religion is all what makes us an individual. Anti-discriminatory practice: Action taken to prevent discrimination against people on the grounds of race‚ class‚ gender‚ disability etc. Anti-discriminatory practice promotes equality by
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Understand and enable communication Different forms of dementia may affect the way an individual communicates. People with alzheimers and most other types of dementia‚often suffer from short-term memory loss.This means that they may be unable to remember events that have just happened or they may repeat a question after just a few minutes.They may forget names or even forget who people are all together.This can cause communication issues as they may be unaware who they are talking to‚forget earlier
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1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome Dementia can be caused by damage to or changes in the brain. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause this is when there is progressive loss of nerve cells without known cause. Stroke is the second most common cause of dementia. Dementia caused by stroke is called vascular dementia. CJD is also a form of dementia which is caused by prion disease. Prions are proteins which are found in mammals. When the proteins group together in the brain‚
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Sindh. A typical example of a thesis structure Title of your project. Abstract Introduction Background Methodology Implementation Results & Evaluation Conclusion Future work References Appendices (optional). Don’t discuss technology in your thesis such as: what is VB‚ MS Office‚ Windows‚ Java‚ Oracle‚ PHP etc. Your thesis must include all of the above mentioned contents except the optional. Any thesis missing this format will be rejected
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DESCRIBE A RANGE OF COURSE OF DEMENTIA SYNDROME. The number of different types of dementia is; Benson’s syndrome (also called Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA)) Alzheimer’s disease Primary Progressive Aphasia (A type of Fronto-temporal dementia) Lewy body Disease (Also known as Dementia with Lewy bodies) Picks disease (A type of Fronto-temporal dementia) Binswangers Disease. ( A type of vascular dementia) Niemann-Pick disease type C Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease HIV Brain related impairment
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An Examination of the “Frontier Thesis” and the Revisionists Arguments Fredrick Jackson Turner delivered his “Frontier Thesis” or also known as the “Turner Thesis” in 1893 at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago‚ Illinois. It was in this essay‚ Turner delivered a thesis that would shape the interpretation of American history. “The frontier is the line of most rapid and effective Americanization‚" Turner declared. “American social development has been continually beginning over again on
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M.A. Thesis in Communication Step by Step Guide DRAFT: August 27‚ 2002 Part I: Committee Proposal 1. Get a copy of the UNC Thesis Manual from the graduate school. 2. Select an area of study within the communication discipline. 3. Read the literature in the area you have chosen. Focus your reading on communication journals. 4. Develop a thesis statement or research purpose statement. 5. Schedule an appointment during with faculty who have expertise in your chosen area
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Center-LAC Rm.222 The Thesis Statement What is a Thesis Statement? A thesis statement is the main idea in a piece of writing. The thesis statement is typically placed in the introduction and should be comprised of two parts: a topic part‚ which states the topic‚ and a comment part‚ which makes an important point about the topic. Example: Recent studies of second-hand smoke (topic part) have determined that it is more damaging than originally thought (comment part). Thesis statements may vary depending
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