for adults with Dementia" -Introduction- The purpose of this essay is to discuss a clinical skill or nursing action by referring to the nursing and allied health literature to explain and support evidence based practice. The skill I wish to examine is the practice of oral hygiene for adults with dementia in residential aged care facilities. In this essay I aim to provide the reader with adequate references to support the best practice for oral hygiene for people with dementia. -Evidence
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Evaluate the use of different material and techniques in the development of an artists’ body of work INTRODUCTION Robert Klippel was an Australian constructivist sculptor who was “inspired by the intricacies and the profusion of our natural and man-made environment and by his quest for a spiritually relevant form...” (Deborah Edwards). Klippel was mostly known for his style of combining together an extraordinary diversity of found objects and junk materials. Most of his works were usually untitled
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Understand the process and experience of dementia Learning outcomes: 1: Understand the neurology of dementia 2: Understand the impact of recognition and diagnosis of dementia 3: Understand how dementia care must be underpinned by a person centred approach Resources Outcome 1 Describe a range of possible causes of dementia. O1.1 Dementia is caused by damage in the brain. The most common causes of dementia are called neurodegenerative diseases‚
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A Perilous Disease - Swine Flu You might have heard a lot about Swine flu in the past few years but have you ever thought how dangerous this disease can be for you or for your family members? In the last four-five years‚ hospitals have gone through maximum swine flu cases out of which 90% were non-curable. If we keenly observe these cases‚ most of them were not even aware about this disease and its precautions. What is Swine Flu and how it is caused? What is Swine flu? This question
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Dementia is the term used to describe the symptoms that occur when the brain is affected (damaged) by certain diseases and conditions (e.g. a stroke)‚ including Alzheimer’s disease. As this is a progressive disease‚ symptoms can be slowed down‚ but not cured and will always‚ gradually get worse. Regardless of the cause of the dementia‚ as it is the brain cells that are dying‚ some of the person’s abilities and functions of day to day life will progressively become more difficult. There are five
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the main depiction behind Alzheimer’s Disease. This form of dementia is successful in slowly and painfully turning someone from active into a broken subconscious. A terrifying monster‚ Alzheimer’s Disease has signs and symptoms that can act as a warning for the affected – which includes the individual and their loved ones. Dementia is expected to increase significantly within the next twenty years and affect over eighty million individuals by the year 2040‚ according to Habermann‚ Cooper and Katona
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2.3 How do you create assessment opportunities that meet the needs of learners Creating assessment opportunities: purpose e.g. awarding organisation requirements‚ recording progress‚ reporting‚ opportunities to provide learner with feedback‚ on-going; appropriateness e.g. to skills-knowledge-understanding‚ timely‚ suitable‚ addressing individual needs Type response here… First of all we should look at the awarding body’s requirement for accreditation. Using this information we could then
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Candidate Name: J/601/2874 Level 2 Dementia Awareness 1. Understanding what dementia is 1.1 Dementia are the signs and symptoms caused as a result of specific diseases such as Alzheimer’s or a stroke that involve the damaging of brain cells; as the brain cells die the person with a dementia will lose their ability to carry out their every day tasks such as personal care and interaction with other people as different parts of the brain are damaged. Dementia affects both older and younger people and
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Melting Range Report Name: Date: Lab Section: Selected Known Compounds Name Structural Formula Literature Melting Point Acetanilide C8H9NO 114.3°C Fluorene C13H10 116.5°C Experimental Data Sample Composition 1. 100% Acetanilide 2. 10% Acetanilide 3. 25% Acetanilide 4. 50% Acetanilide Fluorene 5. 75% Acetanilide 6. 90% Acetanilide 7. 100% Fluorene Melting Range 108-116°C 108-112°C 105-112°C 102-109°C 105-112°C 109-115°C 108-114
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To See or Not To See Blindness can be interpreted in many different ways. We can speak about blindness in the sense of physical blindness or emotionally blind‚ even so we can speak about being spiritually blind. In the end‚ it all comes to one thing‚ which is that blindness causes you to miss out or not see certain things depending on the subject. A blind man might say he has been blind all his life and has never seen the beauty of a rose but has only smelt the sweet fragrance of it‚ a devoted Christian
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