Dealing with Dementia in the Elderly Danaya Gilchrist Touro College of Applied Studies General Survey of Mental Health (GHU 140) Professor Wyatt April 29th‚ 2014 Abstract Dementia is a scary disease for the elderly to deal with it. It changes their lives and who they are. Dementia affects the daily living activities of people who are dealing with it; a person who is living with dementia can no longer do anything for themselves or live their lives the way that they want to. Family members
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Introduction This assignment is a reflective account of my first experience when assisting a patient to eat lunch. For the purpose of this assignment I will refer to this patient as Mrs C to maintain confidentiality and comply with the NMC code (2008). It will discuss the importance of non-verbal communication when providing effective nursing care to the elderly. As a framework for this reflection I am going to use the Gibbs (1988) Reflective Cycle which uses 6 stages; description‚ thoughts and
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Nutrition Nutrition is the process by which organisms take in and utilize food material. Without nutrition‚ life would be unable to be supported‚ ranging from the smallest cells to the largest organisms. Nutrition from humans comes in the form of food‚ and good nutrition comes from a healthy and balanced diet. A poor diet‚ such as consuming too much sugars and carbohydrates can lead to such diseases as cardiovascular disease and diabetes‚ among others. Many of these common health problems can be
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Reflective Account of My Day at Work Yesterday I started my day at work at 7:30 am as I was rotted for an early shift as a duty manager for that day. I am following three weeks rolling rota with my colleagues from Senior Management Team (SMT). First of my responsibilities determined by Health and Safety at Work Act as well as our own Signing in Book Policy was to sign in the signing in book. This will ensure that it is known that I am in the building. All the staff coming on duty is required to
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Dementia is usually a progressive debilitating syndrome that changes the person’s life forever. People can have many different ways of coping with the diagnosis of dementia. These emotions can become obstacles that could hinder the patient’s progress in therapy if they are not addressed. It is important that therapists recognize what is dementia‚ the daily challenges their patients and family members might be dealing with when diagnosed with dementia and what skills they‚ as therapists‚ should
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Outcome1 1.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is a group of symptoms known as a syndrome that is associated with an ongoing decline of the brain and its abilities which can include memory loss‚ the way of thinking and understanding of what is being communicated and also the change in language which they may not normally use. People with dementia may also become apathetic‚ finding it difficult to control how they are feeling or have problems behaving appropriately in social
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DEVELOPMENT Page 58 Dementia multiple choice questionnaire Page 59 Read Catherine Gibbs’s practice profile on diabetic ketoacidosis Page 60 Guidelines on how to write a practice profile Promoting positive approaches to dementia care in nursing NS562 Hoe J‚ Thompson R (2010) Promoting positive approaches to dementia care in nursing. Nursing Standard. 25‚ 4‚ 47-56. Date of acceptance: July 27 2010. Summary This article provides an overview of factors relevant to dementia care today. The number
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are over 17‚000 younger people with dementia in the UK. There are over 25‚000 people with dementia from black and minority ethnic groupsin the UK. There will be over a million people with dementia by 2021. Two thirds of people with dementia are women. The proportion of people with dementia doubles for every 5 year age group. One third of people over 95 have dementia. 60‚000 deaths a year are directly attributable to dementia. Delaying the onset of dementia by 5 years would reduce deaths directly
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Dementia is a debilitating mental illness that requires costly medical care. Those who suffer this condition can find it difficult or even impossible to perform basic living tasks such as feeding‚ dressing or cleaning after themselves; therefore care must be provided to them at all times. As one can imagine‚ the story is no different behind bars. Because the inmate- elderly population has grown exponentially dating back to the 1970’s when laws favored incarceration over rehabilitation‚ the average
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DEMENTIA AWARENESS Understand what dementia is Explain what is meant by demtia: Dementia is a term that is used when the brain is affected by different diseses or conditions. Describe the key functions of the brain affected by dementia: The key functions of the brain affected by dementia are- processing information‚language‚memory‚ability to make sound judements. Explain why depression‚ delirium and age related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia: They may be mistaken for dementia
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