Reflective Journal File As I write this‚ it is raining. As grey as the clouds are now‚ so were my apprehension about this assignment when it was first handed to me. I am trying my best to pen down my thoughts about this reflective journal. It seems as though time has taken a pause as I try to fit my whole life experience into the given word limit. The sessions that I had at the Cancer Council Cottage Hospice were truly informative‚ educative and best of all‚ ENRICHING! The experience was better
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Dementia is a horrible disease that affects the elderly population. I am currently the caregiver to my mother- in -law who has dementia‚ currently I had to place her in a long term care (LTC) facility and every day I wonder if it was the right thing to do‚ or if I could have prolonged the inevitable. I chose to explore this population and how case management (CM) interventions would have delayed placement. The goal was to determine through interventions if CM support to caregivers‚ could delay placement
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FOR CARE INTRODUCTION I have noticed nowadays that reflective practice does play a major role in the nursing field. It is not just a personal opinion as‚(Teekman 2000‚pg 1125-1135) states that reflective practice is becoming an essential element of nurse education as professional nursing bodies world wide are being impressed by literature on learning by reflection. It is nearly the same conclusion that is brought by Boud‚ Keogh and Walker(1987‚pg 11) and this is proof as well that reflective practice
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differences in a screening battery for diagnosing dementia: The Florida initiative. Written by Christine Anne Cauffield‚ a practicing psychologist in Florida‚ this 1995 thesis paper explores the gender differences in the results of a battery of tests for the diagnosis of dementia. Her research reveals significant variations on how Alzheimer’s disease is diagnosed across both genders. Engdahl‚ S (Ed). (2013). Perspectives on Diseases and Disorders. Dementia. Detroit: Greenhaven Press. Retrieved from https://portal
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medical record indicates that her onset of Alzheimer’s dementia started 8 years ago. She has now progressed in her dementia to been a Fast 7E. She has had multiple hospitalizations for recurrent pneumonia and UTI’s. She was recently discharge from hospice due to a prognosis of greater than 6 months. At today’s visit she is accompanied by her husband and private caregiver. She is alert and nonverbal. She is a poor historian due to her advanced dementia. The husband reports that she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
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REFLECTIVE PRACTICE Reflection has been defined as an active‚ persistent and careful consideration of any belief or supposed form of knowledge (Dewey‚ 1933. Dawn‚ 2007). Reflective practice is a process to improve quality of performance in the workplace‚ skills up to date throughout workplace and leads to understanding the field of care. Reflection requires self-awareness and analysis (Schutz et al‚ 2004). To reflect the incident‚ I have used Gibbs (1988) reflective cycle because it easy to follow
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variant of what was then termed senile dementia. At the time this degeneration was referred to as Pick’s disease‚ a term allegedly coined by one of his pupils (Weder‚ et al‚ 2007)‚ and related to the progressive destruction of neurons mainly in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. This condition has subsequently been designated Frontal-Temporal Dementia (FTD)‚ and is considered second only to Alzheimer’s disease in terms of the most common cause of dementia (Pasquier & Petit‚ 1997). This essay
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Dementia is a progressive disorder that is characterised by the deterioration of memory and one of the other cognitive abilities such as language or skilled movements[1]. Lewy body dementia is a type of dementia that has many similar features to other forms of dementia. However it is characterised by a distinct set of clinical symptoms such as visual hallucinations‚neuroleptic sensitivity‚ sleep disorders and parkinsonism. Lewy body dementia is a common form of dementia that come only second to
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Reflective Summary RECEIVED A PERFECT SCORE LTC/315 Alternative Living Environments November 3‚ 2014 University of Phoenix Tomeka Davis Reflective Summary Long term care (LTC) consumer demographics have been shifting more than they have been regulating‚ and at a rather fast pace. The growth of the elderly population is also at a fast pace. The elderly population is not only growing‚ but they are living much longer‚ and consuming much more LTC services. Matters are only going to intensify as the
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Advocacy for Seniors with Dementia/Alzheimer’s Jeri Fletcher BSHS/441 May 23‚ 2013 Deborah Cujino-Deras Advocacy for Seniors with Dementia/Alzheimer’s Advocacy is defined as a person who advocates on the behalf of an individual or a group. The advocate provides the client support at helping the client resolve issues that affects his or hers daily life (Barsky‚ 2007). Advocating for seniors with Alzheimer’s that face issues with their‚ health and overall wellbeing. This disease threatens
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