Dementia Awareness Unit 1. Explain what the term Dementia means 2. Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia 3. Explain why depression‚ delirium and age related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia 4. Outline the medical models of dementia 5. Outline the social models of dementia 6. Explain why dementia should be viewed as a disability 7. List the most common causes of dementia 8. Describe the likely signs and symptoms of the most common causes
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Understand the role of communication and interactions with individuals who have dementia (DEM 308) Outcome 1 Understand that individuals with dementia may communicate in different ways 1. explain how individuals with dementia may communicate through their behaviour Dementia sufferers communicate in many different ways. They may not be able to speak but they can communicate non-verbally with positive or negative behaviour. They can also communicate using body language and through posture
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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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Understanding Dementia Dementia is not a disease but a group of conditions resulting from a disease such as Alzheimer’s and Vascular dementia or a group of symptoms which may result from age‚ brain injury‚ confusion‚ difficulty in performing day to day or familiar tasks‚ changes in personality‚ mood and behaviour. Dementia is a condition in which there’s a gradual loss of brain function‚ it is a decline in cognitive/intellectual functioning. Dementia causes permanent and progressive damage to
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in those situations. People often misjudge others based on unreliable information. One example of this statement is found in a Ted Talk speech given by Ngozi Adichie that explains the danger of a single story. It speaks of how people believe one thing that they have heard‚ even though the source of the information is untrustworthy. She mentions how people would question how she spoke English so well if she came from Nigeria. Therefore‚ this shows how people misjudge situations based on a single
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long-term effects of the programs. Finally‚ the following areas should be kept: training of the direct care workers‚ follow up of direct care workers‚ and acquiring the sample from four facilities. The research article mentions the umbrella term of Dementia‚ more specifically focusing on the residents with moderate
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Fear: Corruption that Aids Us Is fear just an emotion that points out the weakest areas in our life? The emphasis of fear has corrupted dreams and hopes. Some people avoid its destruction‚ but they only choose to depict the origin of its one-sided enemy. Fear is considered as a threat to our own life’s future; fear also can be considered as assistance to our opportunities. Fear has affected the most potential individuals in society. It creates negative thoughts that something bad will happen
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EIGHT CAREGIVING MAXIMS FOR DEALING WITH PERPLEXING BEHAVIOURS Don’t try and stop people with dementia from doing something just because it isn’t being done “properly”. Give them time to do things in their own way at their own pace. People with dementia understand far more than they are ever given credit for. Take care what is said in their presence and don’t exclude them from conversations or decisions. Bossiness is Just Not On. It’s very easy to confuse “caring” with “controlling” and nothing
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Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without being able to understand both. Discuss. To make true the desires of the ancient philosopher Socrates we now live in a world that dares us to think for ourselves. We are now in a position to shape our own destinies more so than ever before due to the greater social mobility which we now have at our disposal. As a whole the world has gone from agrarian to a much more capitalist age in which people are never satisfied
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University of Brighton School of Education SEND Pre-Course Task 4: Working with parents / carers and colleagues in school How to use these materials This unit is an introduction to a key area of your course and will help you in maintaining an environment where all learners are included. The tasks provide some of the key information on current policy‚ theory and practice that you will be required to engage with through your course of study and professional practice. Take a critical and evaluative
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