diseases is a common cause of dementia which means that the brain cells known at the neurons either are degenerating therefore the neuron die off quicker than that of the neurons of a normal aging processes. This will lead to a more decline in the persons mental health such as memory‚ language and sometimes their physical abilities all depending on which area of the brain is infected. These neurodegenerative diseases are known to us as Alzheimer’s‚ fronto-temporal dementia‚ and Lewy bodies are where
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Schmidt‚ MIBC 112‚ Unit 2‚ Assignment Dementia Dementia isn’t a specific disease. Instead‚ dementia describes a group of symptoms affecting thinking and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily functioning. Dementia involves damage of nerve cells in the brain‚ which may occur in several areas of the brain. Dementia may affect people differently‚ depending on the area of the brain affected. The factors that causes this
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Unit 4222-237 Dementia Awareness (DEM 201) Assessment Criteria Outcome 1 Understand what dementia is Explain what is meant by the term “dementia” The literal interpretation of the word ’dementia’ means deprived of mind. Is usually taken to mean mental deterioration or group of conditions/disorders of brain. Specific diseases eg Alzheimer’s Disease‚ Parkinson’s Disease‚ Cerebral Vascular e.g. stroke. Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected
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The major research approaches to studying leadership are the trait approach‚ the behavior approach‚ the power-influence approach‚ the situational approach‚ and the integrative approach. The trait approach studies natural leaders who never get tired‚ have precise intuition‚ predicting foresight‚ and powers to help others believe the leader’s approaches. The personality‚ motives‚ values‚ and skills attributes‚ of this approach‚ are better examined when studying leadership behavior and effectiveness
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himself or herself transparent to the client; the client can see right through what the therapist is in the relationship; the client experiences no holding back on the part of the therapist. As for the therapist‚ what he or she is experiencing is available to awareness‚ can be lived in the relationship‚ and can be communicated‚ if appropriate. Thus‚ there is a close matching‚ or congruence‚ between what is being experienced at the gut level‚ what is present in awareness‚ and what is expressed to the
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* Outline for “Dear Dementia‚ I Hate You” Small part of the article “quote” “I hate dementia. I loathe it. I detest it. It is a monster that is slowly‚ bit by bit‚ mercilessly devouring the personality and mentality of my father”. Introducing the bias article to the audience Explaining what is dementia (briefly) How the person relates to this sickness Showing the point of view Explaining how the article is bias and to what side * Dementia is a distressing disease caused by the dreadful
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Understand the neurology of Dementia Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome Dementia syndrome is a combination of conditions‚ which are sometimes called a mixed dementia. Causes of dementia are: • Specific diseases; Alzheimer’s‚ Parkinson’s disease. • Cerebral vascular accident such as stroke of the brain • A group of conditions/brain disorders Alzheimer’s is caused by broken signals within the brain leading to the death of brain cells‚ this can also lead to a shortage of some important
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Describe any one approach to identity. Discuss how this approach can help explain the identities of people with disabilities. Identity has been defined as‚ "a person ’s essential‚ continuous self‚ the internal subjective concept of oneself as an individual" (Reber‚1995‚ p.355). Identity is a complex field and‚ as a consequence‚ psychologists have devised a number of theories to help people to understand it. This essay will describe an approach to identity called Social Identity Theory (SIT) which
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Development is complex changes including an increase in new skills and abilities such as talking walking writing and smiling. All children are individuals so although they will go through the same stages of development ‚they will not necessarily do so at the same time. As practitioners‚we should not consider any child to be average‚but focus on the child as a whole. There are four stages of human growth patterns. These are childhood(which in four stages is known as Infancy‚early childhood‚ pre
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spectrum condition affects a range of different individuals and is a spectrum condition and affects people in a number of different ways. It is important when supporting an individual with autism to identify and recognise each individuals’ abilities – what they can do successfully‚ needs – what the individual needs support with‚ strengths and gifts – what the individual is good at‚ what they have a real talent in‚ and interests – what is motivating for the person. Autism has a range of diagnostic
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