Dementia is a progressive disease found in mostly Older people. It is described as the deterioration of brain function. It will affect memory‚ thinking‚ judgement‚ behavior and other every day life skills. It can be caused by different medical conditions‚ along with other factors that occur through out someone’s life. Dementia is broken down into three stages based on progression. There are many interventions used to slow down the digression of the disease‚ one being Music Therapy. Dementia
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The skill I have choose is persuasion skill. Having a persuasive power or ability might not be so easy as one might thing as sometimes we turn to make people to do things for us without their wish which is quite different from persuasion. Everyday in my life I interact with people and at certain point in time I got myself into situations where I have to use my persuasive ability or skill in other for me to achieve my goals. Firstly when I am persuading somebody‚ I always engage the person(s) in
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able to adequately meet the needs of their members. In my opinion‚ some families today are no longer able to adequately meet the needs of their members. In today’s society‚ there are many instances where women‚ youths and children are in a horrible state of living. They are being abuse and maltreated by their own irresponsible parents or spouse. Not meeting their basic needs is considered as neglecting them. Neglect is a type of abuse where individuals fail to meet the basic needs of their dependent
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In this essay I will be looking at Gough’s definition of needs and his different categories for basic human needs‚ whilst briefly examining his moral argument for welfare; I will then concentrate on the Islamic republic of Iran‚ analysing its social security and welfare system‚ investigating the ways in which Iran’s government attempts to provide these rights for its citizens. This then leads me to consider the criticisms made against Iran’s government for its lack of support and the rising number
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Diet is food we eat in order to provide our body with the nutrients it need to carry out its functions. Nutrients the body needs are divided into two groups Macronutrients and Micronutrients. Macronutrients are Carbohydrate simple or complex‚ needed for energy‚ are found in fruit and pasta. Proteins for growth and repair are found in meats and nuts. Fat for energy and immune system are found in oils and oily fish. The body needs lager amounts of these macronutrients. Micronutrients are Vitamins divided
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the left and right hemispheres of the brain are separated and can no longer communicate. To test this Gazzaniga and Sperry had run different experiments to test the visual‚ tactile‚ and auditory abilities of split-brain patients who had surgically severed the corpus callosum which allowed for the two hemispheres of the brain to communicate. To test their visual abilities patients had sat in front of a board with a row of lights on it that ran across it horizontally. The lights then lit up across both
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of Life and Dementia Care . Credit Value : 2 This unit must be assessed in accordance with Skills for Care and Development’s QCF Assessment Principles. Learning Outcome 1 : Understand considerations for individuals with dementia at end of life Assessment Criteria 1.1. Outline in what ways dementia can be a terminal illness Dementia is brain atrophy. It’s a degenerative disease‚ which is progressive‚ and for the time being‚ incurable condition. Dementia is a terminal
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Assignment nr.1 New product need analysis and targeting : Car with wide range of use. There are a lot of cars companies which have a lot of different models which satisfy very different consumer audiences. I think it is possible to make one car‚ which could satisfy greater range of audience. Offcourse everyone cant be satisfied‚ but if car could fit needs reffered below‚ it could be very succseful in satisfieng wide range of consumers. Needs Features to satisfy the need Explanation Capacity
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Exploring the impact of caring for a spouse with dementia on the older adult Caring for a spouse with dementia poses significant challenges and many studies report considerable impacts on both the physical and mental health of caregivers. DSM-IV criteria for dementia: “Memory deficit that can be demonstrated objectively on cognitive testing. At least one other cognitive deficit such as aphasia (abnormal speech)‚ executive function impairment (difficulty with planning‚ judgment‚ mental flexibility
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P2- Outline possible effects of dementia on an individual’s health and quality of life This assignment is going to outline possible effects of dementia on an individual’s health and quality of life. There are many different factors that having dementia will effect. As stated above some will affect the health of the person and others will affect the quality of life that the person will have. Depression is a common mental disorder‚ characterized by sadness‚ loss of interest or pleasure‚ feelings of
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