Dealing with Dementia in the Elderly Danaya Gilchrist Touro College of Applied Studies General Survey of Mental Health (GHU 140) Professor Wyatt April 29th‚ 2014 Abstract Dementia is a scary disease for the elderly to deal with it. It changes their lives and who they are. Dementia affects the daily living activities of people who are dealing with it; a person who is living with dementia can no longer do anything for themselves or live their lives the way that they want to. Family members
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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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AS Sociology Essay "Examine the ways in which state policies/laws may affect family life". In this essay I will be writing about what changes state policies and laws have made to the society and how they may affect family life by doing so. There are many policies/laws out there that have had an effect on family life and one of these was the ’Child Support Act’ which led to the formation of the ’Child Support Agency’. Other policies/laws include the Family Law Act of 1996‚ Rewarding marriages with
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Describe and evaluate the ways in which environmental factors can impact on the development of an individual’s personality and intelligence. The discussion in this essay entails the extent to which environmental factors impact an individual’s development of personality and intelligence. Development can be defined as ‘improvement in function’ which would imply that it occurs with the progression of age. Personality has been found to have a substantial genetic influence however economic and social
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Different Ways of Researching Online There are many ways to do research online and through our schools online library. The University of Phoenix’s library has many different articles‚ journal entries‚ and other references to do research. The internet also has many different websites to get information from as well. The key is to make sure the website we are getting information from are credible and that the information is true and cannot be edited by others. We should also make sure the author
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How to communicate effectively about redundancy When it comes to dealing with redundancies within a firm‚ internal communication is often neglected. But this should always be a priority‚ because it creates engagement‚ and engagement is crucial to productivity. During and after restructures‚ it becomes even more important. A redundancy round is an emotional time for the firm‚ both for the lawyers leaving and the lawyers staying. This is especially true if partners have to be let go‚ which is a bit
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Joe Doe * Clean‚ washed and groomed hair – Suit and Tie – Briefcase – Financial Adviser during the working week. * Showered‚ casual clothes‚ relaxing in favourite chair‚ good father/parent to his children after a days work in the office. * Teddy Boy hair style – Drainpipe Jeans – T-Shirt – Leather Jacket - Rock n Roll music‚ Grease in hair - belonging to 1960’s era – Friday night Rock n Roller. * Keen motorcyclist – Harley Davidson Motorcycle Club member – rides most Saturdays with other
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children may have to face very particular and personal transitions not necessarily shared or understood by all their peers. These include: family illness or the death of a close relative; divorce and family break-up; issues related to sexuality; adoption; the process of asylum; disability; parental mental health; and the consequences of crime. It is important to understand a child or young person in the context of their life‚ to recognise and understand the impact of any transitions they may be going
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uk/intranet/LSEServices/nursery/regulations/Home.aspx From the research that I have done‚ I have learnt the policies and procedures of a nursery school and I have found out `that the policy of the nursery is about the health and safety of the children and how they have to be protected inside the school environment. The school responsibility is to keep the children safe. And the school‘s manager is responsible for the health and safety of stuffs regarding the nursery premises. The legislation of this policy
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TDA31-1.3 Explain how different social‚ professional and cultural contexts may affect relationships and the way people communicate. When communicating with others we need to consider the context within which we are working. We would need to adapt the way we communicate for different situations‚ most people do this automatically. Your school should have a range of planned communication for dealing with other professionals; there would be informal communications‚ meetings and discussions. Talking
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