advanced dementia receive hospice care. The focus of care should always be the comfort of the person with dementia. Physical comfort is a paramount human need‚ yet pain is experienced by at least one-third of nursing home residents with advanced dementia in the last year of life. This is frequently undetected and undertreated. Person-centered care honors preferences in social‚ emotional‚ spiritual‚ and physical care (Kuhn‚ 2013). Connections are made for people with advanced dementia by tapping
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Management with West Cheshire College. An experienced team leader with strong interpersonal skills‚ enjoys a challenge and maintains high standards. Has proven ability to develop others and achieve set targets. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Most Recent Employer CLS Care Services - October 2011– Date Care Team Leader- Lyndhurst Key Skills • Managing a team of care staff ensuring all needs of the clients are met to a high standard. • Taking responsibility for the home
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Dementia and Memory Loss Expository Essay By: Brett Barker Date: August 9‚ 2009 Dementia and Memory Loss In today’s world‚ there are many people that have been diagnosed with dementia or some sort of memory loss. Types of dementia include‚ but are not limited to‚ Alzheimer’s Disease‚ Lewy Body Dementia‚ Vascular Dementia‚ and Chronic Brain Syndrome. ”www. Alzcombo.com” Although many of us have heard a lot about dementia‚ we really do not understand the disease process. Even though
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Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) occurs in the brain and is considered one of the most common dementias. This condition is a rare disease in which doctors find hard to diagnose because it is so similar to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. It is most commonly diagnosed to males that are over the age of sixty and or either have family members with LBD or Parkinson’s. “LBD a rare disease that affects an estimated 1.4 million in the United States” (Lbda). After this disease is diagnosed the patients do not
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of causes of Dementia Syndrome. Dementia Syndrome is a condition caused by a set of symptoms. These symptoms can include but are not limited to: - memory loss‚ mood changes‚ communication difficulties‚ difficulty understanding or thinking. Some causes of these symptoms are:- the chemistry and structure of the brain changes‚ therefore causing the brain cells to die.(Alzheimer’s disease) Once again this can be caused by various things‚ lack of oxygen to the brain (Vascular dementia)‚ a build-up
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DESCRIBE A RANGE OF COURSE OF DEMENTIA SYNDROME. The number of different types of dementia is; Benson’s syndrome (also called Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA)) Alzheimer’s disease Primary Progressive Aphasia (A type of Fronto-temporal dementia) Lewy body Disease (Also known as Dementia with Lewy bodies) Picks disease (A type of Fronto-temporal dementia) Binswangers Disease. ( A type of vascular dementia) Niemann-Pick disease type C Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease HIV Brain related impairment
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Dementia * Dementia is a general term for a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with daily life. Memory loss is an example. Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia. * It’s an overall term that describes a wide range of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person’s ability to perform everyday activities. Explanation: * Dementia is caused by damage to brain cells. This damage interferes with the ability
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in extreme pain‚ dysfunction‚ distress or death.’ (Biology Online) Disease throughout History Over the years‚ there has ‘been a gradual decline in mortality from all three of the main diseases.’ These diseases being‚ cancer‚ circulatory disease‚ dementia‚ and Alzheimer’s disease. Cancer use to be the highest cause of death. ‘30% off all registered deaths’ were due to a person having been diagnosed with some sort
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Challenge Essay Alone‚ unwanted‚ abandoned‚ and forgotten are just some of the things elders go through. Elders are sometimes just left at a senior homes or hospitals because they are unable to care for themselves. Elders are forgotten by their kids or even grandkids forget. Elders get treated differently as well they get treated with lots of sympathy and sadness. The challenges elder’s faces aren’t always fair. One of the challenges elders’ faces that aren’t always fair is being abandoned. As
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disadvantage in indigenous group is mainly due to low employment rate‚ education‚ poor nutrition and physical activity and lack of access to health services (Indigenous health AIHW2017). Improvement in the health status of the indigenous group is a major challenge for the Australian government as well as for specific health agency. The report reviews the role of the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organization Inc. (VACCHO) on addressing health disparities in indigenous population of Australia
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