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    effective for patients with dementia. Schaeffer explains that music shares a close relationship with your unconscious emotions and the emotions are activated by musical movement. The feelings are so strong that they are meaningful even if the patient cannot remember who they are. Music therapy improves wellbeing in the following areas: memory recall‚ vocal fluency‚ positive changes in moods‚ and management of pain and discomfort. The basic function of music therapy in dementia patients is to increase

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    affect that dementia has on thinking skills e.g. memory‚ understanding etc. Functional is about the ability to perform actions such as feeding themselves. Emotional is about how they feel and react e.g. confusion can cause distress and aggression. As dementia progresses‚ eating and drinking can become difficult for some people. This factsheet looks at some of the difficulties that people with dementia may have with eating and drinking‚ and suggests ways to help. A person with dementia may no longer

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    fun for people to learn. This website targets both the professional and lay persons. The goal of the American Society of Hypertension is to lead the effort in understanding and reducing hypertension related heart and kidney disease‚ stroke and dementia by enhancing the education and treatment of patients with hypertension. The information provided is appropriate for the purpose the organization serves.

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    CU1683 1.2 Younger people with dementia diagnoses may still be employed have children and a family and it can be a lot more distressing for them when diagnosed than someone who is older‚ they have a better awareness of what is coming and what is going to happen‚ and older person may not realise they have dementia at first‚ and out it down to Age‚ and by the time they are diagnosed they have had it for some time so the trauma is not so severe and they don’t have dependents to worry about‚ so

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    one not remember you. Imagine visiting them as often as you can‚ and every time having to remind them who you are‚ and how you affected their life. This is known as a disease call dementia. Dementia disease is very hard for the patient themselves‚ but often times harder for the family. Alzheimer disease is a form of dementia‚ and makes daily living very difficult. Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disease. Brain cells that control intellectual and social functions are damaged. Memory‚ thinking‚ reasoning

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    literature relating to reducing a fall in order people with a mental health problem. I shall critically analyse the strengths and weakness of the various strategies that have been used such as a complementary therapy in reducing falls in older people with dementia. In this assignment‚ I shall reflect upon my experience from my practice placement‚ where I was involved in the reduction of fall as a therapeutic intervention in order to minimise the injuries related to fall. In my conclusion‚ I shall include

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    Understand and Meet the Nutritional Requirements of Individuals with Dementia 1.1 Describe how cognitive‚ functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating‚ drinking and nutrition Cognitive behaviour is dysfunctional emotions and behaviours caused by damage in brain affecting part of the brain responsible for memory and all that we learn from birth- how to talk‚ eat etc. This means that person with dementia can forget how important it is to eat and drink. They also may lose

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    Tom Journey with dementia. He suffers from Alzheimer’s dementia and lives in sheltered housing. I will explore issues surrounding nutrition intake‚ wandering‚ communication‚ incontinence and the environment that affect the client‚ family and staff. I will then look at the assessment process‚ care planning‚ implementing and evaluation. I will explore patient safety‚ intervention and the processes that managers and professionals have to undertake when managing patients with dementia. These interventions

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    Preventing Falls in the Elderly Natalie StJohn University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville As health care becomes more sophisticated and better‚ other concerns are starting to surface. Such interests that started as mere nuisances are now becoming the focal point of involvement that aims to correct and improve the welfare of individuals. One such clinical concern is the phenomenon of falls‚ especially with the older population. Falling in elderly individuals is a significant‚ yet

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    Fall 2013 Drug Ed Exam 2 The use of cocaine by members of the general public in Europe was initially in the form of coca powder. pills. drinks‚ such as coca wine. cigarettes. Dr. W. S. Halsted‚ the "father of American surgery‚" experimented with cocaine’s ability to produce dependence. a deep sleep. psychosis. local anesthesia. Which famous physician studied cocaine as a treatment for morphine dependence and depression? Benjamin Rush Sigmund Freud Johns Hopkins Parke Davis

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