suffers with dementia and is cared for in her home. I will describe the range of needs of the older person and my understanding and application of concept associated with caring for an older person with Dementia. Dementia is the umbrella term used to describe various conditions which cause brain cells to die‚ leading to the progressive deterioration in memory and the ability to carry out everyday activities such as washing‚ dressing‚ eating‚ and completing complex tasks. Dementia may also affect
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Dementia Awareness Dementia is a word used to describe a group of symptoms including memory loss‚ confusion‚ mood changes and difficulty with day-to-day tasks. There are many causes of dementia. The brain‚ along with the spinal cord‚ makes up the central nervous system‚ and it is this that controls all of our body’s functions. Within the brain there are billions of nerve cells that are known as neurons. These neurons communicate with each other and with other parts of the body by sending
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| Course Project | Nightingale Home Health Services | | | 2/19/2011 | | HSM 430 February 15‚ 2011 Final research Paper-Week 8 Executive Summary Nightingale Home Health Care Services is a new home health care agency that will offer a unique combination of premier home health care and community-based social services to the Bryn Mawr area in Philadelphia. Our office will be located will be established in quality office space on Main Street in Bryn Mawr‚ Pennsylvania and will
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Support individuals to meet personal care needs Be able to provide support for personal care safety 2.3 – Explain how to report concerns about the safety and hygiene of equipment or facilities used for personal care Everyone who works with the equipment all has the responsibility to ensure that it is clean and working correctly and if it’s not then this all should be reported and fixed/cleaned before the next use. This is all part of the health and safety law. All electrical equipment must
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Assess the individual in a health and social care setting 1. Understand assessment processes 1.1 Compare and contrast the range and purpose of different forms of assessment There are many forms I use to assess an individual’s needs. The first bit of the information comes from Derby City Council‚ which is called a outcome based support assessment. This is what they use to identify someone’s needs and how much care they require. The information on this document is great for Derby City to use‚ but
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t e x 4 8 ( 2 0 1 2 ) 4 2 9 e4 4 6 Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/cortex Research report Working memory‚ attention‚ and executive function in Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia Cheryl L. Stopford*‚ Jennifer C. Thompson‚ David Neary‚ Anna M.T. Richardson and Julie S. Snowden Cerebral Function Unit‚ Greater Manchester Neuroscience Centre‚ Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Clinical Neurosciences Research Group‚ University
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Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning‚ which means the loss of the ability to think‚ remember‚ or reason‚ as well as behavioral abilities‚ to such an extent that it interferes with a person’s daily life and activities. Signs and symptoms of dementia result when once-healthy neurons (nerve cells) in the brain stop working‚ lose connections with other brain cells‚ and die. While everyone loses some neurons as they age‚ people with dementia experience far greater loss. Researchers are still
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my own .i also have 2 grandchildren my granddaughter is 4 years of age her name is Sara my grandson is riley he is 4 months.my grandmother brought myself and my brother up because my mother passed away when I was young .my grandmother inspired me to go to do care work after I looked after her when she was ill which I didn’t have the confidence to do until later on in my life until I was on my own with my children. I’ve been working at Brindaven for 2 years know which I enjoy my job very much I love
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316 Support individuals to access and use services and facilities. 1.1 Accessing a range of community services and facilities can be beneficial to an individual’s well being and can have significant impact on self-esteem‚ personal identity and development whilst supporting goals and outcomes the individual has identified. These opportunities allow people to take part and have involvement in things they previously thought where impossible. 1.2 There are a wide range of barriers an individual may
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every country. Certain presidents have had to face certain challenges dealing with war and the economy. Some handled these complications poorly while only one president handled it the absolute best. Franklin D. Roosevelt lead our country through a great struggle and I’m here to prove why he is the best president in history. Being president comes with a ton of responsibilities and leadership‚ but it’s hard with other issues that personally affected him. Franklin had a disease known as Polio which
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