Dementia Notes The term ’dementia’ is used to describe the symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by specific diseases and conditions. Symptoms of dementia include loss of memory‚ confusion and problems with speech and understanding. When a person with dementia finds that their mental abilities are declining‚ they often feel vulnerable and in need of reassurance and support. The people closest to them - including their carers‚ friends and family - need to do everything they can to help
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Alzheimer’s Dementia Alzheimer ’s disease is a progressive brain disorder that damages and eventually destroys brain cells‚ leading to memory loss and changes in thinking and other brain functions. It usually develops slowly and gradually gets worse as more brain cells wither and die. Ultimately‚ Alzheimer ’s is fatal‚ and currently‚ there is no cure. Alzheimer ’s disease is the most common type of dementia‚ a general term used to describe various diseases and conditions that
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level‚ individuals living with dementia are highly susceptible to delirium (Wass‚ et al.‚ 2008). However‚ delirium in many has a tendency to go unrecognized because it shares many of the same symptoms as dementia. In telling the difference‚ dementia features changes in memory and intellect that are slowly progressing and evident over months or years; whereas‚ delirium symptoms tend to be more abrupt in confusion and take on more sudden changes in a person’s dementia. Over the period of days or weeks
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Kantian Deontology Vs. Medicine Dignity is an innate feature of human beings: they are born with it. Maintaining it over the course of life gives it an acquired status: preserving it is not an easy task. Human Rights are one form of laws that try to conserve human dignity and many countries abide by them. Nonetheless‚ attempts to preserve this dignity date back to centuries before the United Nations decided to publish its chart on Human Rights. During the eighteenth century‚ Immanuel Kant described
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I’ve learned that wonderful things and horrible things will happen in life. In 2011 my grandma began to have a severe case of dementia. This was incredibly hard for me and my family. She was 87 and very kind. She had been a huge part of my life ever since I was born. We had gone on multiple vacations together and visited at least once a month. I was pretty young at first so I didn’t notice her forgetting things‚ but my parents would talk about her forgetting where she had parked and then when
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that they have Alzheimer’s or some form of dementia it can be very challenging. When dealing with one of these diseases they both have some sort of memory lost. When a person is diagnosed with dementia‚ they are being diagnosed with a set of symptoms. Another difference is that Alzheimer’s is not a reversible disease. It is very important for a MA to know the difference when dealing with Alzheimer’s and dementia. A person who is being diagnosed with dementia they are being diagnosed with a set of
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The philosophical system of deontology is a rule-based system that judges the morality of an action itself instead of the consequences of the action. The term deontology is derived from the Greek words deon‚ meaning duty and logos‚ meaning science. The focus is on the rightness or wrongness of the actions themselves as opposed to the right or wrong of the consequences of the actions. This system places special emphasis on the relationship between duty and the morality of human actions. Some descriptive
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Alzheimer’s dementia is a neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by several brain abnormalities that are selective and only affect neurons in specific regions of the brain. This disease is characterized by a progressive decrease in neuronal activity and neuronal survival. Historically‚ researchers have used Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines to scan patients with Alzheimer’s disease and the unaffected old adults and then use supercomputers to create color-coded maps which revealed
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Topic: #2 Deontology There are many theories of morality that aim to create criteria for an action’s moral value. Kantian Deontology is a one of those theories. This theory values an action‚ not based on the happiness or pleasure derived from it‚ but the will behind it. Kantian Deontologists do not value happiness and pleasure as intrinsically good because there is nothing good other than a good will- since good will is the motive to act for moral duty. Although Kantian Deontology is logical
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Unit 13: Understand the Process and Experience of Dementia Unit code: DEM 301 Unit reference number: J/601/3538 QCF level: 3 Credit value: 3 Guided learning hours: 22 Unit summary This unit provides the knowledge of the neurology of dementia to support the understanding of how individuals may experience dementia. Learners taking the Dementia pathway in the Edexcel Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England must take this unit. Assessment requirements This unit must
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