was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis on prescribed medications. The aim of this case study is to explain and discuss the major nursing care of a 85 year old man who has recently been diagnosed with advanced stage dementia. This case study will express my knowledge and understanding of evidence based nursing practice whilst exhibiting my ability to outline a plan of care‚ which is based on this. a)
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Unit 33 Understand the Process and Experience of Dementia Understand the neurology of dementia 1.1 Dementia is an umbrella term for a range of diseases that affect memory‚ behaviour and motor skills. The causes vary depending on the disease but largely the presence of “plaques” and “tangles” on the neurons of the brain is found in people with Alzheimer’s. Plaques are protein that the body no longer breaks down and allows to build up; these get between the neurons and disrupt the message transmission
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functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating‚ drinking and nutrition? Cognitive: depending on the type of dementia a person has they may have trouble in recognising the food in front of them or not understand that the food provided is for them‚ they may even view the food in front of them as food. This can be caused by their minds not recognising what is in front of them. Functional: depending on the type of dementia a person has they may struggle to use their knife
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During a morning shift I was asked to go in to the lounge which is our high dependency dementia area. There were two members of staff in there however they needed assistance as Mr A was showing signs of challenging behaviour by shouting at staff members and other residents as well as showing physical behaviour. When I went in to the lounge I Spoke to Mr A to ask how he was‚ however he raised his voice and was very frustrated and upset with how loud the lounge was as he didn’t know why anyone was
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Unit 40 - P1 Describe the types of dementia and common signs and symptoms The term ‘dementia’ describes a set of symptoms which can include loss of memory‚ mood changes and problems with communication and reasoning. These symptoms occur when the brain is damaged by certain conditions and diseases‚ including Alzheimer’s disease‚ vascular dementia and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Age is the greatest risk factor for dementia. Dementia affects one in 14 people over the age of 65 and one in six over
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Dementia is an umbrella term used for many conditions including Alzheimer’s‚ lewy bodys and vascular dementia. It is damage to the brain and its cells‚ it can progress over time either rapidly or slowly. Medication is used to help slow the process down‚ or to help with certain effects from the condition such as sleepless nights‚ agitation. 2. Frontal lobe Movement‚ emotional behaviour‚ personality‚ interpretation and feeling Parietal lobe Language‚ special awareness and recognition Temporal lobe
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Throughout history demonstrations of “people helping people” have sprung up nonchalantly to provide services for citizens without looking to gain any sort of profit or reward for providing each of the services that have been established. Instead‚ they seek to gain the feeling of satisfaction to see the prosperity of others. Credit unions are one of many important and valuable examples of the foundation of “people helping people”. A credit union is a cooperative financial institution that is owned
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Understand and Enable Interaction and Communication with Individuals with Dementia 1.1 Describe how memory impairment can affect the ability of an individual with dementia to use verbal language In People who have dementia‚ memory impairment can make it very difficult to make verbal communication through language. Dementia can make people forget words and even confuse some words with others causing confusion and other people cannot always understand them. The individual might understand what they
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Unit 365 1.1) There are many different types of dementia and causes of dementia. The first cause is Alzheimer’s disease‚ which is caused by nerve cells dying in certain areas of the brain. This therefore also affects the connection between the affected nerve cell causing them to deteriorate. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. Vascular dementia is the first form of dementia‚ which is caused by damage to the brain through deprivation of oxygenated blood. If areas of the
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adults that who are gay or lesbian do not have role models of good aging. (PSYC 401: Novak‚ 2009‚ Family Life and Social Support‚ p.333). Elderly people live in a hostile environment due to their sexual difference lifestyle and they have limited resources in their limited social network. In the U.S. culture‚ older adults as far as their
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