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    Q: When have you changed what you would have said or done in order to be acceptable to others? A: 1. The first example that comes to mind is what you say to your wife versus what you say to your friends. When I speak to my wife‚ there is generally a filter on jokes and statements. When I am around my friends‚ that filter starts to fade away. 2. My next example is the difference in the way you speak to your boss versus how you speak to the people at the same level as you or below you. When

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    Dementia Research Paper

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    Dementia Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning. This includes thinking‚ remembering and reasoning. Memory loss is usually accompanied by at least one of the following symptoms: impaired movement‚ difficulty with language and the inability to plan and initiate appropriate social behavior. Dementia ranges in severity from mild problems in functioning to the most severe stage of complete dependence. There are several types of dementia. The most common form of dementia

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    expected to worsen through the years. The rising of sea levels have destroyed many farmlands. This has also caused migration in the Marshall and South Pacific Islands. Migrating may also have a huge impact on spreading diseases. Global Warming is expected to cause more droughts‚ floods‚ and climate upsets. Also it can result in disrupting our food production and occasionally lead to famine Economic upheaval and political arrest may also be some effects. I believe that we should watch the signs

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    Social changes that may increase crime in society‚ evaluate the possible impact on influencing criminal behaviour in Irish society. This essay will cover how families become less traditional‚ and in turn how older styles of parental control on behaviours become weakened. How the electronic mass media such as film and television produce more and more images of crime and violence‚ and people find there lives more and more plausible. And finally how labour markets become more casual and insecure

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    Dementia Research Paper

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    Dementia is the loss of intellectual and social abilities severe enough to interfere with daily functioning. For centuries‚ people called it senility and considered it an inevitable part of aging. It is now known that dementia is not a normal part of the aging process and that it is caused by an underlying condition. People with this condition need special assistance to carry on with their normal lives. This paper will explain some of the social services that are helping to combat this disease and

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    Dementia In Today's Society

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    suffering from dementia. This is where the loss of thinking‚ memory‚ and reasoning skills are taking place‚ and a person is significantly impaired to carry out their daily tasks. Symptoms include the inability to remember information‚ asking the same questions over and over again‚ becoming lost or confused in familiar places‚ being unable to follow directions‚ or neglecting personal safety‚ hygiene‚ or nutrition (National Institute on Aging‚ 2009). Some types of dementia include; vascular dementia which is

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    and supports people with dementia as it has different laws. Some of these laws are things like helping people to wash and dress themselves. This helps people with dementia‚ as when it becomes advanced they lose their fine motor skills and they find it difficult to do simple tasks like fasten buttons and hold things‚ so it also makes it hard for them to wash. They have carers that will do this for them and help them do it. The legislation affects the patients care as the carer has to follow rules‚ such

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    Behaviour Management

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    The assignment is about behaviour management and is based on a case study of a family where the oldest child‚ Susie‚ has a number of behaviour problems. The assignment will be split into six sections. The first section of the assignment will look at Susie’s relationship with her mother and how the recent birth of her twin siblings has effected Susie’s attachment with her mother and also how this may have impacted on Susie’s behaviour. The second Section of the assignment will discuss Susie’s relationship

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    Outcome 1 1.1Dementia is caused by damage to brain cells and in many ways‚ from alcoholism‚ brain injury‚ drug abuse‚ side effects to medications‚ depression‚ age‚ thyroid function abnormalities‚ and vitamin B12 deficiency. Alzheimer’s Dementia is caused by a build-up of proteins which the body no longer breaks down and this affects the transmission of signals. 1.2Memory loss can be defines in different ways. Memory loss can be the inability to retrieve information from the long-term memory

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    Assessment 1.1: understanding dementia 1. Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’. Dementia is a term used to describe a collection of signs and symptoms that happen to the brain when it is affected by the progression of certain diseases such as vascular dementia (when brain cells die due to lack of oxygen) and Alzheimer’s disease (a specific brain disease). Some of the affects these diseases have are on a person’s memory‚ language and communication abilities‚ behaviour and ability to make rational

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