Running head: DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease Dementia What is Dementia? Dementia is the basic term for loss of memory‚ and other mental abilities severe enough to interfere with everyday living. How many types of dementia are there? There are seven. And they are Alzheimer’s disease which is the most common type of this disease. But there are several other forms of dementia. Including Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease‚ this is rare‚ degenerative and invariably
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533.3 - Understand how dementia care must be underpinned by a person centred approach 3.1 - Compare a person-centred and a non-person-centred approach to dementia care: Person centred care is is a method of providing care to people in which the individual as a unique person is emphasised‚ rather than focusing on the disease‚ its expected symptoms and challenges‚ and the lost abilities of the person. Person centred care explains that dementia is only a disease condition that affects the brain‚ but
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Description of event Today in placement I was asked if I would be able to assist Mrs X with personal care and dressing. Mrs X has advanced dementia and takes a lot of prompting to do simple tasks on her own‚ such as washing her face. Mrs X is fully mobile and needs a lot of support to hold her concentration on particular tasks or she is more likely to be distracted and wander off. Being aware of Mrs X’s needs I agreed that I am more than confident to assist her. I knocked on Mrs X’s door before
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UNDERSTANDING DEMENTIA INTRODUCTION Dementia is a progressive illness which occurs when the brain is damaged by disorders and diseases such as Alzheimer ’s disease‚ Huntington ’s disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) or a series of strokes. The term dementia is not the actual disease in its own right but is the collective term used to describe the group of related symptoms caused by the gradual death of brain cells. These symptoms include memory loss‚ problems with reasoning‚ perception‚
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Diagnosing Dementia Did you ever think how does the doctor diagnose dementia? Or how does the doctor decide that the person suffers from dementia or not? Previously the doctors thought that there is no specific test can make them decide if the patient has dementia or not‚ but nowadays they discoverd a specific diagnose and they classify it into two types. Diagnosis components is an information about the patient and his family and friends. The purpose of a diagnosis is to eradicate any other possible
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Negative Effects of Reality TV Shontae Rivers ENG-122 January 29‚ 2011 Instructor Abstract An abstract is a brief‚ comprehensive summary of the contents of a paper (American Psychological Association‚ 2001) that runs a maximum of 120 words. It should contain a synopsis of the points in the paper‚ but also be readable and well organized. To use this page of the template‚ simply delete this paragraph and start typing. The formatting should stay the same. Negative Effects of Reality TV In
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suffering from dementia. This is where the loss of thinking‚ memory‚ and reasoning skills are taking place‚ and a person is significantly impaired to carry out their daily tasks. Symptoms include the inability to remember information‚ asking the same questions over and over again‚ becoming lost or confused in familiar places‚ being unable to follow directions‚ or neglecting personal safety‚ hygiene‚ or nutrition (National Institute on Aging‚ 2009). Some types of dementia include; vascular dementia which is
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Assignment 303 Principles of diversity‚ equality and inclusion in adult social care settings Assignment composition Assignment overview In this assignment you will consider best practice in promoting diversity‚ equality and inclusion which does not discriminate against others. You will look at relevant legislation‚ codes of practice and regulations governing adult social care and consider the consequences for a variety of people if these are not followed. You are asked to consider your
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member suffer from memory problems? If so‚ it could mean that you have a more serious health condition‚ such as dementia. While dementia can often go unnoticed‚ the caregivers at Visiting Angels in Forty Fort‚ PA‚ the area’s locally-owned leader in home senior care‚ say it’s essential to seek treatment right away to prevent the disease from progressing. To help you better understand dementia and whether or not you or a loved one could be experiencing it‚ take a look at these top five common signs and
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of interaction below. Decide whether each interaction is either more student-centred or more teacher-centred. Justify your answers. Group work Student- Centered‚ because the main purpose of this is to let students interact among themselves and the teacher’s role is to monitor them throughout the activity. Closed-ended teacher questioning Teacher- Centered.since there is a expected or unique answer that the teacher wants to hear‚ the teacher is the instructor of the lesson Individual work
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