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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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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GDCV/GDSS 1875 Uncovering the Stories of Brands Reflective Log (20%) Each student needs to submit a Reflective Log as part of his or her assessed coursework (see assessed coursework instruction sheet). In this Reflective Log you should record and reflect upon your reading‚ class and group work experiences. Entries in this log will help you to identify the knowledge and skills that you have developed during the course. It will also show you where you need to develop further. You should
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DC00050206 Professional Practice Two WYP 502 Assignment 2 25thMarch 2013 SWOT/CV Contents Page Reflection P3 – P6 Reference List P7 Appendix List P8 Appendix 1 –Updated CV P9 Appendix 2 –Old CV P10 Appendix 3 – Updated SWOT P11 Appendix 4 – Old SWOT P 12 The purpose of this assignment was to reflect and compare four different documents‚ before analysing the changes made between an updated CV (curriculum vitae) and a SWOT analysis (strengths
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Lewy Body Dementia Lewy Body Dementia‚ also known as LBD‚ is a topic that hits home for me. My grandfather passed away a year ago and was originally diagnosed with LBD. My family had never heard of such a disease before it personally affected us. As I further researched the medical condition I came to discover that not being aware of this disease was not really an uncommon thing. Actually‚ it is considered to be extremely difficult to diagnose. LBD has close relations with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
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types of dementia In this assignment I am going to be describing 3 different types of dementia. I will be looking at Alzheimer’s disease‚ Vascular dementia and Lewy body dementia. I will be looking at what these dementias are‚ what the signs are and what the symptoms are. Dementia is a common condition that affects 800‚000 people in the UK‚ someone’s risk of developing dementia increases as you get older and the condition usually occurs in people over the age of 65 years old. Dementia is a syndrome
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This essay will reflect upon an incident in practice when I administered a drug to a child. I will use Gibbs reflective model (Gibbs 1988)(see appendix 1). This model of reflection will be applied to the essay to facilitate critical thought and relating theory to practice where the model allows. Discussion on the incident will include the knowledge underpinning practice and the evidence base for the administration of the drug. A conclusion to the essay will then be given which will discuss my knowledge
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Dementia awareness -CU238P What is dementia? Dementia is a gradual loss of brain functions. The most common form of dementia is caused by Alzheimer’s disease but there are many other forms of dementia including: alcohol related dememtias‚vascular dementia‚ frontotemporal dementias and Lewy body dementia. Key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia. Each case of dementia is different. The area of the brain affected will depend on the type of dementia. Dementia can affect every
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1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ The word dementia describes a set of symptoms that may include memory loss and difficulties with thinking‚ problem-solving or language. ... Dementia is caused when the brain is damaged by diseases‚ such as Alzheimer’s disease or a series of strokes. 2 Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia The cortex includes the hippocampus‚ which is an area of the brain that helps new memories form. The damage to the brain eventually
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Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. It includes memory loss‚ difficulties with thinking‚ problem-solving or language‚ and etc. Brain damage due to symptoms by certain diseases is result of Alzheimer’s. Alois Alzheimer was the first person who describes the disease. It is a physical disease and also a progressive disease that affects the human brain. It slowly damages the parts of the brain‚ at first it is generally mild but they get worse over time and start to get involved
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