1. Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is the term used to describe a group of symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by certain diseases and conditions. Symptoms are progressive and degenerative and as more brain cell get damaged or die‚ a gradual loss of memory and decline in other intellectual functions which affects a person’s ability to remember‚ make rational judgments or communicate and is serious enough to interfere with performing the tasks of daily life. There
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are over 17‚000 younger people with dementia in the UK. There are over 25‚000 people with dementia from black and minority ethnic groupsin the UK. There will be over a million people with dementia by 2021. Two thirds of people with dementia are women. The proportion of people with dementia doubles for every 5 year age group. One third of people over 95 have dementia. 60‚000 deaths a year are directly attributable to dementia. Delaying the onset of dementia by 5 years would reduce deaths directly
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Reflection is On How an Individual Can Adapt” SY216 For: Kimberly Ellis-Hale Thursday‚ April 4‚ 2013 Aging is a process in our lives that almost everyone associates negatively. Our hair turning grey‚ developing unsightly wrinkles‚ losing our memory‚ all things we look negatively towards. However‚ when we pay too much of our attention to these superficial factors‚ we neglect to recognize the characteristics that are deeper within us‚ what we still can accomplish. Similar to how I felt going to
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Dementia is the umbrella term for a number of conditions which cause damage to the brain cells. The most common form is Alzheimer’s disease which has a gradual progression. The next most common type is vascular dementia which has a step-like progression. About one in four people with Parkinson’s disease also develop dementia. Short-term memory loss‚ disorientation and loss of concentration are common symptoms. There are other less common types of dementia such as Lewy Body dementia and Frontol Temporal
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Communication with Individuals with Dementia 1.1 Describe how memory impairment can affect the ability of an individual with dementia to use verbal language In People who have dementia‚ memory impairment can make it very difficult to make verbal communication through language. Dementia can make people forget words and even confuse some words with others causing confusion and other people cannot always understand them. The individual might understand what they are saying but you might not. They can use words
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Topic: Compare and contrast the ways in which two Caribbean governments have addressed the issue of crime. Narrowed Focus: Compare and contrast how the governments of Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica have addressed the issue of crime. Thesis: Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica have both recruited the expert services of foreign police officers whilst their approach to community policing and legislation differ in addressing the issue of crime. According to the United Nations Human Development
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The word carer means someone who looks after a friend‚ family member or even a neighbour who needs support because of their sickness‚ age or disability. This doesnt mean a proffesional care work or someoneone employed. The average age to become a carer is age 50-59 with 68% of them caring upto 19 hours a week unpaid. Over 585 of carers are women. Within this essay my aim is to describe the difficulties and rewards of being a carer for a family member‚ I will be using the case study of Ann Walker
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Making choices can affect any and everything in your life whether it’s dealing with your family or just everyday situations. Everyone in life is faced with good and bad choices that can either have a good outcome on your life or it can make a turn for the worst. Yes‚ everyone wants to make good choices in life. But does that always happen? Nine times out of ten know. Recently‚ I made a bad choice that affected my life in numerous ways for instance when I got caught shoplifting my parents looked down
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9.3 HSC Core: Parenting and Caring Becoming parents and carers Parent: individual who cares for an infant from birth until independence. Carer: individual who takes on role of looking after someone who is ill or dependent. Being a parent or carer is one of them most demanding jobs there is. Children need to learn how to be strong‚ to develop the ability to make decisions‚ and be responsible and trustworthy. They should learn how to love and be loved‚ to care about people and show respect
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The Privacy Rights of Individuals Privacy can be defined in many ways‚ depending on one’s perspective‚ including the right to be left alone‚ free from intrusion or disturbance in one’s private life. Although everyone agrees that this is an important right that should be protected by governmental laws‚ the extent of one’s right to privacy has often been a matter of debate in the court system of the United States. There is vast disagreement concerning how far the government should go to protect
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