Types of Dementia Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia; accounts for 60 to 80 percent of cases. Difficulty remembering names and recent events is often an early clinical symptom; later symptoms include impaired judgment‚ disorientation‚ confusion‚ behavior changes and trouble speaking‚ swallowing and walking. Hallmark abnormalities are deposits of the protein fragment beta-amyloid (plaques) and twisted strands
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2 Introduction to personal development in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings For Unit SHC22 What are you finding out? Personal development is not just to do with education or training and the development of skills and interests. It is also about developing a better understanding of yourself‚ your values‚ beliefs and experiences‚ and how they impact on your behaviour. It is about appreciating what motivates you to learn so that you can achieve your full potential
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UNIT CU2941 USE AND DEVELOP SYSTEMS THAT PROMOTE COMMUNICATION. Q1 Identify at least three different groups/individuals that you communicate with in job role. Review the different communication needs of these groups/individuals? Q1 Three different groups/individuals I communicate within my job role are Service Users Families Staff team GP ‚ MDT Teams ‚ Social workers. Communication affects my work setting in many ways‚ between service users‚ their families and friends‚ staff‚ and
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DEMENTIA Dementia diseases‚ such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD)‚ have a large impact on the everyday life of persons affected‚ their spouses‚ and the staff involved in their daily living (Borell‚ 1992). For example‚ the cognitive dysfunctions resulting from dementia diseases interfere largely with the performance of most activities of daily living (ADL) (Bäckman‚ 1992). Consequently‚ an urgent need exists to develop programs supporting everyday occupation for persons with dementia. Occupational therapy
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Task03 1. Sensors are used to monitor the pressure and temperature of a chemical solution stored in a vat. The circuitry for each sensor produces a HIGH solution when a specified maximum value is exceeded. An alarm requiring a LOW voltage input must be activated when either the pressure or the temperature (or both) is excessive. Draw a truth table with the desired inputs and outputs and from that design a circuit for this application. Two inputs → P T P - Pressure T - Temperature If either
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Questions Part 1 – Select an article that is persuasive in nature. Newspaper editorials would be a good source. Read the article carefully. It must be an article that presents an argument which you know is flawed. On a clear copy of the article‚ highlight the main conclusion and the premises that the writer puts forward. Part 2 – Reproduce the premises and conclusion. You may have to paraphrase the ideas so they form complete sentences and remember that one conclusion could serve as a premise for
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Contention 1 The university education should be free because individuals have a right to the experience of higher education. | Claim In the different views‚ the university function as an extremely valuable forum that everyone can choose what they wish because they have right. A life not complete without critical thinking provided by university because the doors of perception and knowledge laid before them cannot be open. To shape individuals’ views of themselves and society is the opportunity
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Unit 4222-302 Engage in personal development in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings (SHC 32) Outcome 1 Understand what is required for competence in own work role 1) Describe the duties and responsibilities of own work role To assist service users with everyday tasks such as washing‚ toileting‚ dressing‚ eating‚ drinking. To assist with mobility and disability. To help in the promotion of mental and physical activity through talking
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Unit 33 Understand the Process and Experience of Dementia Understand the neurology of dementia 1.1 Dementia is an umbrella term for a range of diseases that affect memory‚ behaviour and motor skills. The causes vary depending on the disease but largely the presence of “plaques” and “tangles” on the neurons of the brain is found in people with Alzheimer’s. Plaques are protein that the body no longer breaks down and allows to build up; these get between the neurons and disrupt the message transmission
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|Unit |AC | | | | | | |533 |1.1 |There are many causes of dementia. Dementia is caused by changes to the brain; there are different | | | |types of Dementia. Vascular dementia is caused when the brains blood supply is disrupted
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