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    Understand and meet the nutritional requirements of individuals with dementia Outcome 1 Understand the nutritional needs that are unique to individuals with dementia. 1.Cognitive means the affect that dementia has on thinking skills eg memory‚ understanding etc. Functional is about the ability to perform actions such as feeding themselves. Emotional is about how they feel and react eg confusion can cause distress and aggression. As dementia progresses‚ eating and drinking can become

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    administration of medication to individuals with dementia using a person centred approach. 1.1 There are many forms of medication used to treat symptoms of dementia such as; Pain Killers Anti anxiety drugs Tranquillisers Anti Psychotic Drugs – used to treat challenging and disruptive behaviour such as aggression or agitation. Anti depressants – it is not uncommon for someone with dementia to become depressed this can sometimes make the memory of a person with dementia worse. 1.2 Painkillers

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    The Right Choice Have you ever thought about saying something inappropriate‚ but you stopped yourself from doing it because you knew you were going to either cause problems or get in trouble? That is a reason why people should not be able to say or write whatever they want. People would constantly get in trouble and harm other people’s feelings or their way of life. People should not be able to say or write whatever they want because it will prevent people from constantly getting in trouble for

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    Individual Rights To be respected: When I am at my placement which is a day care centre for the elderly‚ I treat patients with respect; I do this by talking politely to the patients‚ knocking on the door before I entered patient’s room and asking them how they wish to be named (e.g. Mr‚ Mrs) To be treated as an individual: While I was at placement I treat everyone as an individual‚ I did this by talking to the patients and finding out about their interests and watching how they act. I did not

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    understand the diversity of individuals with dementia and the important inclusion 1.1 A) The term diversity means to understand and not showing prejudice‚ valuing the benefits of someone being different from ourselves‚ understanding one’s own beliefs and their effects on others‚ not making assumptions‚ understanding the basics of discrimination like gender‚ race‚ age‚ sexuality‚ disability‚ social class. B) Anti-discriminatory practice means to make sure individuals are treated equally‚ promote

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    Individual Risk Management Craig Foster CPMGT/303 March 17‚ 2014 Dr. Daryoush Tehranchi Individual Risk Management The objective of risk management is to develop response actions to minimize the impact of possible negative events during every phase of a project. The process also works to increase the impact of the positive events and mitigate the problems associated with making changes (Project Management Institute‚ © 2013). The risks in many projects are multifaceted in nature

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    people experiencing living with dementia and caring for someone with dementia the surveys are designed for people to be able to honest about how they are coping‚ or what services they use and how they help its thought that by delivering your version of events someone may take that information read it and decisions can be made to make improvements in areas that are needed- in an ideal world of course. Figures are showing that there are 850‚000 people living with dementia in the UK‚ by 2050 that figure

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    someone that the individual can talk to‚ being understanding towards those who find it hard to express their feelings but also putting themselves in the individual’s perspective and understanding how they must feel. It is important that carers have a lot of patience and be a compassionate person. People who suffer with dementia find it challenging to do every day activities; everybody suffers differently as there are different stages of dementia. It is important to treat every individual to their specific

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    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‚ smoking

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    Cryston Sanders Criminal Justice Erika Qquinn 31 March 2013 What is the right choice? According to Milwaukee.gov‚ A police officer shall perform all duties impartially‚ without favor of affection or ill will and without regard to status‚ sex‚ race‚ religion‚ political belief or aspiration. All citizens will be treated equally with courtesy‚ consideration and dignity. Officers will never allow personal feelings‚ animosities or friendships to influence official conduct. Laws will be enforced

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