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    Outcome 1 1.1) Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth to 19 years. Child and Young Person’s development Area of development | 0 – 1 year | 2 – 4 years | Physical | Reflexes –Sucking‚ Grasping‚ Drinking‚ Eating.Lifting head unaided.Latterly‚ crawling‚ rolling over and possibly standing or cruising. | Walking‚ pointing with arms‚ starting to dress themselves‚ holding light objects.Interacting with balls‚ climbing stairs or furniture‚ using crayons etc with

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    Dementia Care 4222-237

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    Dementia is the term used to describe the symptoms that occur when the brain is affected (damaged) by certain diseases and conditions (e.g. a stroke)‚ including Alzheimer’s disease. As this is a progressive disease‚ symptoms can be slowed down‚ but not cured and will always‚ gradually get worse. Regardless of the cause of the dementia‚ as it is the brain cells that are dying‚ some of the person’s abilities and functions of day to day life will progressively become more difficult. There are five

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    Vascular Dementia Vascular dementia is a common cause of dementia in the elderly. Dementia is a condition that affects the brain and causes people to not think well or act normally. Vascular dementia is one type of dementia. It occurs when blood clots block small blood vessels in the brain and destroy brain tissue. Likely risk factors are high blood pressure and advanced age. This disease can cause stroke‚ migraine-like headaches‚ and psychiatric disturbances. SYMPTOMS Confusion. Problems

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    nutritional requirements of individuals with dementia Outcome 1 Understand the nutritional needs that are unique to individuals with dementia. 1.Cognitive means the affect that dementia has on thinking skills eg memory‚ understanding etc. Functional is about the ability to perform actions such as feeding themselves. Emotional is about how they feel and react eg confusion can cause distress and aggression. As dementia progresses‚ eating and drinking can become difficult for some

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    Legislation and frameworks Legislation Care Standards Act 2000 This legislation affects and supports people with dementia as it has different laws. Some of these laws are things like helping people to wash and dress themselves. This helps people with dementia‚ as when it becomes advanced they lose their fine motor skills and they find it difficult to do simple tasks like fasten buttons and hold things‚ so it also makes it hard for them to wash. They have carers that will do this for them and

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    living with Alzheimer’s and nearly 44 million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s or dementia related disease‚ according to alzheimers.net (2016). As the disease progresses dementia patients become increasingly confused. Many forget who they are including losing most memories they once shared with their loved ones. In addition‚ as the disease progresses many individuals become depressed‚ anxious and agitated in dementia patients because of feeling lost and uneasy in their environment. However‚ they can

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    65 years and over‚ and 3 in 10 people aged 85 years and over have dementia (Department of Health and Ageing‚ 2013). Over 320‚000 Australians are living with dementia. Dementia is now the second leading cause of death in Australia with no existing cure. Moreover‚ deaths due to dementia have increased approximately 137% over the past ten years‚ with nearly 11‚000 deaths recorded in 2013 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2014). Dementia is described as a ‘loss of self’ (Cohen & Eisdorfer‚ 1986) or a condition

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    Dementia Case Study Essay

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    wandering who is suffering from dementia. He seems confused and unaware about the things that is happening around him. And he is continuously walking. He might have some behavioral problem. Let’s explore more about this poster. first cloud: It shows that the ageing population is increasing world widely. So‚ as the number of dementia case is increasing. There is change in behavioral pattern in dementia case. The most common behavioral change in a person suffering from dementia is wandering. The wandering

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    Outcome 1 1.1Dementia is caused by damage to brain cells and in many ways‚ from alcoholism‚ brain injury‚ drug abuse‚ side effects to medications‚ depression‚ age‚ thyroid function abnormalities‚ and vitamin B12 deficiency. Alzheimer’s Dementia is caused by a build-up of proteins which the body no longer breaks down and this affects the transmission of signals. 1.2Memory loss can be defines in different ways. Memory loss can be the inability to retrieve information from the long-term memory

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    Lewy Body Dementia (LBD)

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    Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) occurs in the brain and is considered one of the most common dementias. This condition is a rare disease in which doctors find hard to diagnose because it is so similar to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. It is most commonly diagnosed to males that are over the age of sixty and or either have family members with LBD or Parkinson’s. “LBD a rare disease that affects an estimated 1.4 million in the United States” (Lbda). After this disease is diagnosed the patients do not

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