Outline the psychosocial issues associated with Dementia Outline the psychosocial issues associated with Dementia Naturally‚ ageing is associated with ‘slowing down’‚ including changes in memory and cognitive functioning caused by physical changes in the central nervous system and brain structure. It has been established that good health behaviours‚ mental exercises and targeted treatment of some organic brain syndromes can help older adults maintain their good cognitive health (Hoffnung
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As I Lay Dying is a 1930 novel by American author William Faulkner. Faulkner said that he wrote the novel from midnight to 4:00 AM over the course of six weeks and that he did not change a word of it.[1] Faulkner wrote it while working at a power plant‚ published it in 1930‚ and described it as a "tour de force." Faulkner’s fifth novel‚ it is consistently ranked among the best novels of 20th-century literature.[2][3][4][5] The title derives from Book XI of Homer’s The Odyssey‚ wherein Agamemnon speaks
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The struggle young people go through trying to find a balance between responsibility and freedom in their life is displayed in Lasse Hallstorm ‘s film “what’s eating Gilbert Grape”. This film portrayed the story of a young man‚ Gilbert Grape who has to find a balance between responsibility and freedom in his life. The essay’s intention is to describe important internal conflict that existed in Gilbert. The verbal and visual features in the film helped me understand why the internal conflict going
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DEONTOLOGY ASSIGNMENT Ethical Leadership Instructions: Below is a list of various standards that are relevant to the workplace. Please summarize what each one of these standards represents/requires. • Fair Labor Standards Act: It establishes minimum wage‚ overtime pay‚ recordkeeping‚ and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal‚ State‚ and local governments. US Department of Labor • Civil Rights Act (in all its various forms): A act that outlawed
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Unit 4222-237 Dementia Awareness (DEM 201) 1.1 – Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ The term dementia describes a set of symptoms which include loss of memory‚ mood changes and problems with communication and reasoning. These symptoms occur when the brain is damaged by numerous certain diseases. Dementia is progressive‚ which means the symptoms will gradually get worse. How fast dementia progresses will depend on the individual person and what type of dementia they have. Each person
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Educational Needs: | Cognitive Impaired | Discharge Planning/Self-Care Needs: Discharged to hospice. Self-care deficit. | Admission Date: | 3/31/13 | Time: 0500 | | Admitted From: (Home‚ ECF or ?) | Nursing Home | Admission DX: | Aspiration related pneumonia | Chief Complaint (“patient’s own words” – PUT IN QUOTES): patient unresponsive due to cognitive impairment. | Medical HX: COPD‚ anxiety‚ atrial fibrillation‚ dementia‚ dysphagia‚ hypertension‚ heart disease‚ hyperlipidemia‚ Parkinsonism
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Hospital care differs from care at a nursing home facility. Hospitals specialize in short-term patient care. On average‚ a patient stays at the hospital for about four days. Hospitals treat and release their patients rather quickly because of the lack of rooms to accommodate them all‚ and the many demands from the insurance company. Patients come for numerous reasons that differ for all individuals. Patients come to the hospital in crucial situations‚ for which teams of medical specialists come
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agreed ways of working Page 6 – 9 Section 3: Understanding your role in the wider care sector Page 9 – 12 Section 4: Career pathways in the care sector Page 12 – 15 Section 5: Issues of public concern in the care sector Page 16 – 17 Assessment Questions Page 18 – 29 The assessment questions will cover all the criteria for the ERR unit: Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health and social care of the Level 2 Award in ERR. Where criteria have been covered is outlined in the
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Task a 103 1. Explain how individuals with dementia may communicate through their behaviour. Dementia sufferers communicate in many different ways. They may not be able to speak but they can communicate non-verbally with positive or negative behaviour. They can also communicate using body language and through posture. One service user who was blind was hard to settle‚ because he couldn’t see it was hard to communicate‚ he was unable to express himself verbally and he was very anxious and
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A decade ago‚ the debate over conscience protractions for health care professionals centered on abortions and birth control. Over the past few years new cases have emerged that drew the debate and raised questions about the tension between individual’s rights of conscience and the need to protect homosexuals against discrimination. These cases involve healthcare workers – one case in Michigan where a graduate student studying to become a counselor refused to treat gay and lesbian patients because
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