Causes of Falls in People with Dementia People with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia tend to be at high risk of falling. They are more than three times likely to fracture their hip when they fall‚ which leads to surgery and immobility. The death rate for those with Alzheimers is also increased. Therefore‚ fall prevention for people with dementia is critical. One of the ways to reduce the amount of falls for those with Alzheimers is to find out why they fall. If we can find out why people
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Antony Field nvq/city and guilds understanding employment responsibilities and rights in health‚ social care or childrens and young peoples settings. task b your work role B1 describe the terms and conditions of your employment as set out in your contract of employment or employment agreement. A; 1;continuous employment‚date employment with BUPA began 2; job title 3; job location 4; pay including rate of pay and pay interal 5;hours including normal working days and minimum contracted
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Individuals communicate whit carers to express their needs and preferences and to ensure they are meeting. As a carer I would discuss the options and choices available to the individual to allow them an informed choice regard their care. 2.2 DESCRIBE THE FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN PROMOTING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WHIT INDIVIDUIALS to communicate effectively with individuals we need to chose a preferred method of communication by individual ‚keeping eye contact when communicating ‚we need to stop
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UNISON duty of care handbook For members working in health and social care ‘‘ At a time of change‚ patients and service users depend more than ever on the integrity of care professionals. This handbook is a valuable guide to health and care professionals’ responsibilities and rights‚ and to sources of help when it may be hard to know the right thing to do and even harder to do it. ‘‘ Harry Cayton‚ chief executive‚ Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence ‘‘
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Dementia Dementia isn’t a specific disease. Instead‚ dementia describes a group of symptoms affecting thinking and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily functioning. Dementia involves damage of nerve cells in the brain‚ which may occur in several areas of the brain. Dementia may affect people differently‚ depending on the area of the brain affected. The factors that causes this disease that you can’t change‚ they are age‚ family history‚ down syndrome. Sometimes
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PAYAL SHAH DEM 301 UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND EXPERIENCE OF DEMENTIA WHAT ARE CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA Alzheimer’s disease – The possible risk factors are increasing age‚ possible genetic link‚ being female and Down’s syndrome. Symptoms: word finding problems‚ forgetting how to do everyday activities‚ confusion‚ forgetting names of people‚ places and appointments ‚ mood swings and withdrawn. Vascular dementia – possible risk factors lifestyle( lack of exercise‚ too much alcohol
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Understand the process and experience of dementia 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome Dementia is not a single disease‚ but rather a non-specific illness syndrome (i.e.‚ set of signs and symptoms). Is a broad term used to describe a range of signs and symptoms consistent with damage to the brain caused by specific conditions. These signs and symptoms are associated with progressive and degenerative changes in the intellectual functioning. The brain is a complex organ and
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old‚ a third of the world’s populations will be diagnosed with dementia. More likely about 70% can be caused by Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia is the progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. With Dementia‚ possible areas that will be affected are memory‚ attention span‚ language‚ and even problem solving. In most cases with people dealing with dementia; they will be facing problems like not knowing what day it is
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symptoms are Cushing syndrome and diabetes insipidus‚ which are Pituitary gland diseases. Then I start reading and found out that‚ Pituitary gland is a tiny organ the size of a pea found at the base of the brain behind your nose and between your ears. Pituitary gland produces a number of hormones or chemicals
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What causes Down syndrome? Charlie Zammit To this day‚ there aren’t any known environmental or behavioral factors that cause Down syndrome. The human contains 23 pairs of chromosomes‚ so 46 individual ones. From each pair‚ one comes from your father‚ the other‚ from your mother. Down syndrome involves an abnormal cell division in chromosome 21. There are three types of abnormal cell division that can occur to cause Down syndrome; all of the three cell division abnormalities create a problem being
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