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    CU2650 Support Individuals with Specific Communication Needs 1.1 The importance of meeting a service user’s communication needs is very important. In my job role I need to communicate with people all the time. First and foremost the service user I am supporting‚ but there are also their family and friends‚ who are likely to be involved in the personal support plan. The way in which I communicate will be different depending on the service user I am communicating with and the purpose of which

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    A1 Assessment Title: Relationship Centered Model of Care in Dementia and the Six Senses Framework Number of Words: 4193 Work which is submitted for assessment must be your own work. All students should note that the University has a formal policy on plagiarism which can be found at http://www.quality.stir.ac.uk/ac-policy/assessment.php. Anticipating and enhancing the health and wellbeing of the older person with dementia in hg HWOP02 A1 Alzheimer’s Scotland (2014) estimate

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    Dementia Awareness

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    Health and Social Care Katarzyna Nowaczewska Ace Homecare 2015 Unit 13 Dementia Awareness 1. Understand what dementia is 1.1 Explain what mean by the term "dementia" The word dementia describes a set of symptoms that may include memory loss and difficulties with thinking‚ problem-solving or language. Dementia is caused when the brain is damaged by diseases‚ such as Alzheimer ’s disease or a series of strokes. 1.2 Describe the key functions of the brain that are - affected by dementia The main areas

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    Social Care Practice | [Type the document subtitle] | Nikita Campbell P1003255l [Pick the date] | We will be outlining the principles of support that are implemented in health and social care practice. And learn to understand the impact that policies‚ regulations‚ legislations and also learn the codes of practice and standards of organisation policies and practice within the health and social care sector. We will also outline the theories that underpin health and social care practice

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    Understanding Dementia

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    Understanding Dementia Dementia is not a disease but a group of conditions resulting from a disease such as Alzheimer’s and Vascular dementia or a group of symptoms which may result from age‚ brain injury‚ confusion‚ difficulty in performing day to day or familiar tasks‚ changes in personality‚ mood and behaviour. Dementia is a condition in which there’s a gradual loss of brain function‚ it is a decline in cognitive/intellectual functioning. Dementia causes permanent and progressive damage to

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    reviewing a service user’s journey through their experience of care In this essay I will critically evaluate a resident by the name of Tom Journey with dementia. He suffers from Alzheimer’s dementia and lives in sheltered housing. I will explore issues surrounding nutrition intake‚ wandering‚ communication‚ incontinence and the environment that affect the client‚ family and staff. I will then look at the assessment process‚ care planning‚ implementing and evaluation. I will explore patient safety

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    dementia awareness

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    Dementia Awareness Task A 1) The term ’dementia’ describes a set of symptoms that include loss of memory‚ mood changes‚ and problems with communication and reasoning. There are many types of dementia. The most common are Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. Dementia is progressive‚ which means the symptoms will gradually get worse. 2) Examples of different types of dementia are: Alzheimer’s disease‚ Vascular dementiaDementia with Lewy bodies‚ Parkinson’s disease‚ Frototemporal dementia

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    Benefits Of Dementia

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    In the modern world‚ increasing the understanding of dementia would be beneficial to most globally. Reasons why education of dementia is important will be discussed‚ whilst looking at the effects of dementia on health‚ costs and ageing population globally. Dementia is a type of health disorder that has a variety of effects. It results from diseases or injuries that relate to the brain (Whitman‚ 2009). The result is always a persistent or a chronic problem with the normal functioning of the mental

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    opportunity to observe the dressing of a venous leg ulcer. Wound expert (2006) suggests treatment should consist of keeping the ulcer infection free‚ absorbing the excess discharge and managing the patient’s medical problems. The aim of the patients care plan is to promote healing. A Zoologist named George Winter (1927 – 1981) studied wound healing in a domestic pig and later became interested in wound dressings. Winter observed that wounds covered with an occlusive dressing healed faster than those

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    dementia unit 33

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    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 when certain

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