Person-centred Dementia Care: A Vision to be Refined Healthcare professionals have increasingly been moving away from a task-oriented‚ professional-driven model of healthcare‚ towards a more holistic model of care which emphasizes patients’ perspectives and their subjectively defined experiences and needs. In the field of dementia care‚ this shift has been described most often as a move towards “person-centred care.” Despite a wealth of literature describing the philosophy of personcentred care‚ we know
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life for people with dementia There are many health professionals who provide services that are available to individuals with dementia. Health care services include home care‚ day care and services provided by doctors and nurses. The services available and the way they are organised‚ vary from area to area. Health and social care professionals have a duty to work closely with each other and communicate with each other to provide the best support and care with those with dementia. General Practice
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Outcome 1. Understand the concept of diversity and its relevance to working with individuals who have dementia. 1. Explain what is meant by the terms Diversity: This means difference and peoples differences are varied. Race‚ culture‚ age‚ marital status‚ politics and religion is all what makes us an individual. Anti-discriminatory practice: Action taken to prevent discrimination against people on the grounds of race‚ class‚ gender‚ disability etc. Anti-discriminatory practice promotes equality by
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What is dementia? If you‚ or a friend or relative‚ have been diagnosed with dementia‚ you may be feeling anxious or confused. You may not know what dementia is. This factsheet should help answer some of your questions. The term ’dementia’ is used to describe the symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by specific diseases and conditions. These include Alzheimer’s disease and sometimes as a result of a stroke. Dementia is progressive‚ which means the symptoms will gradually get worse. How
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have dementia Unit code: Dem 312 1. Understand the factors that can affect interaction and communication of individuals with dementia 1.2 Explain how physical and mental health factors may need to be consider when communicating with an individual who has dementia. There are many factors to consider such as pain‚ pain can cause misunderstandings as individuals may be in so much discomfort they cannot what they want and how they are feeling. Depression can closely link with dementia and sometimes
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depends on the result of the action. On the one hand‚ being Kantian Deontologist means that good or bad is in the action‚ and a virtuous person means that good or bad is in the person. I can say that I am a utilitarian based on some references. I do care a lot for other people’s happiness‚ and I really appreciate to let the people who stay around me to be happy. For example‚ I had a complicated relationship with my boyfriend when I was in year 1 at my university. We really love each other‚ yet it was
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DEMENTIA GATEWAY QCF Mapping 1 The environment 9 Noise levels Our learning material is designed to help you to work towards Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) units and will support you to work towards the Diploma in Health and Social Care at level 2 or 3. This document provides you with information about how the feature links to specific QCF units‚ and offers an activity which you could use to help demonstrate your learning. A general explanation about the QCF can be found at the
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Unit 13 –Dementia Awareness 1) 1.1. Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is a set of symptoms that affect the way people think and interact with each other. It is not a disease‚ but can often be linked to a disease or damage done to the brain. Short-time memory‚ mind‚ speech and motor skills are affected. Certain forms of dementia cause a change in the personality of the individual. A person suffering from dementia will lose certain skills and knowledge they already had. This
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Senior In Home Care Services and Senior Delirium Everybody has moments when they just don’t seem put together. When those moments seem to run together‚ the immediate thought is that a senior might have dementia. While it may be nothing at all‚ there is another possibility: delirium. Delirium and dementia are not easy to tell apart. One of the reasons is that people with dementia often have bouts of delirium As a result‚ many people simply associate delirium with dementia‚ even though the two maladies
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each individual’s experience of dementia is unique 1.3: Describe how the experience of dementia may be different for individuals who are: Dealing with a learning disability: Dementia generally affects people with learning disabilities in similar ways to people without a learning disability‚ but there are some important differences. People with a learning disability are at greater risk of developing dementia at a younger age - particularly those with Down’s syndrome
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