Outcome 1 1: The term ’dementia’ describes a set of symptoms which include loss of memory‚ mood changes‚ and problems with communication and reasoning. These symptoms occur when the brain is damaged by certain diseases‚ including Alzheimer’s disease and damage caused by a series of small strokes. Dementia is progressive‚ which means the symptoms will gradually get worse. How fast dementia progresses will depend on the individual person and what type of dementia they have. Each person is unique
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Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning‚ which means the loss of the ability to think‚ remember‚ or reason‚ as well as behavioral abilities‚ to such an extent that it interferes with a person’s daily life and activities. Signs and symptoms of dementia result when once-healthy neurons (nerve cells) in the brain stop working‚ lose connections with other brain cells‚ and die. While everyone loses some neurons as they age‚ people with dementia experience far greater loss. Researchers are still
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The question of the role of individuals in international law is closely bound up with the rise in the international protection of human rights. This theory maintains that individuals constitute only the subject-matter of intended legal regulation. Only states‚ and possibly international organizations‚ are subjects of the law. This has been a theory of limited value. The essence of international law has always been its ultimate concern for the human being and this was clearly manifest in the Natural
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• Socrates ○ was the first philosopher concerned with human affairs (ethics‚ morality) ○ Socrates originally devoted his time to science ○ Later abandoned science and shifted attention to ethics-philosophy ○ Never wrote anything; so how do we know anything about him? Because of: § Plato § Xenophon § Aristophanes (Clouds)- accuser ○ Plato is the mouth piece of Socrates in most cases § But not verbatim; a lie in such that it cannot be verbatim § Idea that Plato
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. To what extent is citizenship rights responsible for the conflict between Sinhalese and Tamils? The Sinhalese and the Tamils have been having conflict in Sri Lanka. Most of the issues revolve around the discriminatory policies against the Tamils practiced by the Sri Lankan government which prefers Sinhalese‚ the majority. One of such policy is the citizenship rights. In 1948‚ when Sri Lanka gained independence‚ only those born in Sri Lanka or whose forefathers were born there were given Sri
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Enable Rights and choices of individuals with Dementia whilst minimizing a risk This module DEM 304 is partly demonstrate where instructed‚ point will be left blank 1. understand key legislation and agreed ways of working that support the fulfilment of rights and choices of individuals with dementia whilst min. The risk of harm: Key legislations - UDHR 1948 -Common law Rights - Human Rights Act 1998 -Mental Capacity Act 2005 -Adults with incapacity
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Candidate Name: J/601/2874 Level 2 Dementia Awareness 1. Understanding what dementia is 1.1 Dementia are the signs and symptoms caused as a result of specific diseases such as Alzheimer’s or a stroke that involve the damaging of brain cells; as the brain cells die the person with a dementia will lose their ability to carry out their every day tasks such as personal care and interaction with other people as different parts of the brain are damaged. Dementia affects both older and younger people and
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* Differentiate between hazard and a risk. Hazard is anything that causes injury‚ disease‚ or death to humans‚ or damage to personal or public property‚ or deterioration or destruction of environmental components. Risk is suffering injury disease‚ death‚ or some other loss as a result of exposure to a hazard. (Boorse) * What risks from Figure 17-16 and Table 17-3 surprise you and why do they surprise you? In figure 17-3 the aids rate is what surprised me I didn’t think it would be that low. If
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it was my responsibility to administer medication to our services users. In preparation for this‚ I gathered all the equipment I required: cups of water‚ spoons‚ galley pots and latex gloves for preventing cross contamination whilst administering medication. I then obtained the medication cabinet key‚ which had been secured. I washed my hands thoroughly including thumbs and fingernails. I ensured that the area where medication is administered was clear and free from noise‚ people and distraction
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Money Can Buy Happiness: The Question of Choice in Dreiser’s “The Second Choice” The United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was undergoing a drastic change. A war between its states had just concluded‚ enslaved people were granted freedom‚ immigrants from all over the world flocked to the country‚ and a bitter divide between rich and poor was beginning to form. The literature followed the same trajectory of the country and‚ as does most literature‚ became a mirror of the
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