Unit 18: Understanding the role of communication and interactions with individuals who have dementia Unit Code: DEM 308 1. How do individuals with dementia communicate through their behaviour (1.1) Persons with dementia may communicate through behaviours such as: • Repetition of actions or questions‚ this may communicate anxiety over memory loss‚ boredom from inactivity‚ to seek reassurance‚ picking at clothing due to anxiety. • Aggression‚ this may communicate depression‚ an inability
Premium Communication Time Short-term memory
next meal. What to eat ? Try to avoid ’convenience’ foods; keep the intake of carbohydrates‚ fats and sugar low. Protein builds the body without thickening the waistline. All this of course assumes that a balanced and varied diet is available. Nobody could lecture the Ethiopian or the refugee or the very poor on this subject. When to eat ? Three meals a day should be enough for a young man; one too many for an old man. Eating sweets‚ chocolates‚ ice creams‚ cakes etc between meals can undo all your good
Premium Health Nutrition Winston Churchill
else we can see that people drink many kinds of alcohol such as wine‚ spirits and beer. Alcohol includes many components‚ some of which can be dangerous for people drinking alcohol. Everyday‚ millions people drink alcohol and more than billions of liters of alcohol is consumed all over the world. Alcohol may affect not only on our bodies but also on our lives. For many reasons‚ alcohol is considered a kind of drink having a lot of disadvantages. Because of its bad components‚ we can get a
Premium Alcoholic beverage Term Alcoholism
Unit 6 1.1 Explain how and why person centred values must influence all aspects of health and social care work Some of the person centred values that influence aspects of health and social care are; Good communication How By using good communication you can give a person centred approach to care. Giving a patient/individual as information as possible is a way of good communication‚ inform them what you are doing before you do it and while you are doing it‚ explain why you will be doing
Premium Patient Sociology Patience
250 Support individuals to maintain personal hygiene 1.1 Explain why personal hygiene is important Good personal hygiene is important in many ways to individuals. The main reason is regarding the health and wellbeing. We can maintain good personal hygiene by assisting with showering‚ washing hair‚ which can all help kill harmful bacteria’s that could lead to health risks and illnesses. These products also prevent odour build up‚ that can lead to unpleasant smells. Good personal hygiene also creates
Free Hygiene
• Identify and record and health issues such as poor hearing‚ poor eyesight‚ dehydration or problems with dentures to ensure there is no miscommunication with your care recipient. • Be aware that most people with dementia will revert back to their native tongue and/or other languages they have learnt. • Care recipients should always be given the choice to use professional translators and interpreters. Provide professional translators and interpreters to your care recipients and/or to their family
Premium Health care Communication Psychotherapy
Dementia awaress essay 1.The word dementia describes a set of symptoms that may include memory loss and difficulties with thinking‚ problem-solving or language. Dementia is caused when the brain is damaged by diseases‚ such as Alzheimer’s disease or a series of strokes.The term ‘dementia’ is often misunderstood and some people use the terms ‘senile’‚ ‘dementia’ and ‘Alzheimer’s’ interchangeably‚ thinking that they are one and the same thing. 2.Key functions of the brain that are affected by
Free Alzheimer's disease Neuron Dementia
Describe‚ giving examples‚ how different aspects of development can affect one another There are many examples that can describe how different aspects of development can affect one another. Most of the time one aspect will lead to another ‚ so for example‚ if a child has a language barrier ( through a foreign language as their first one or late development of speaking) this can stop other children from playing or talking to this child ‚ what can lead to lower their self esteem and let him
Premium Psychology Emotion Feeling
Some typical criticisms of person-centred counselling are; The delivery of the core conditions is what all good therapist do Control subjects who are not candidates for therapy. The therapist is active in responding to the client‚ rather than in initiating or leading. Person-centre counselling is was reasonably effective with less severe disorder but ineffective with mental disorders. Failing to control for place to effects. This therapy is simple‚ even simplistic‚ it has been referred to as
Premium Psychology Therapy Psychotherapy
Describe and evaluate the Behaviourist Approach The basic assumption of the behaviourist approach is that all behaviour is learned through experiences a person has in their environment. From this we know that behaviourists are on the side of nature in the “nature vs. nurture” debate. In comparison bio psychologists will be firmly on the side of nurture. There is also the argument between behaviourists to whether behaviour is learnt better through positive or negative reinforcement. Positive
Premium Classical conditioning Behaviorism Operant conditioning