Unit 40: Dementia Care P1: Describe types of dementia and common signs and symptoms. What is dementia? Dementia is a common condition that affects about 800‚000 people in the UK. Your risk of developing dementia increases as you get older‚ and the condition usually occurs in people over the age of 65. Dementia is a syndrome associated with an ongoing decline of the brain and its abilities. This includes problems with: memory loss thinking speed mental agility language understanding
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1.1 Diversity: Diversity literally means difference. It recognises that though people have things in common with each other‚ they are also different and unique in many ways. Diversity is about recognising and valuing differences. Diversity therefore involves visible and non-visible factors‚ which are personal features such as background‚ culture‚ personality and work-style in addition to the characteristics that are protected under discrimination legislation in terms of race‚ disability‚ gender
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Unit 4222-237 Dementia Awareness (DEM 201) Assessment Criteria Outcome 1 Understand what dementia is Explain what is meant by the term “dementia” The literal interpretation of the word ’dementia’ means deprived of mind. Is usually taken to mean mental deterioration or group of conditions/disorders of brain. Specific diseases eg Alzheimer’s Disease‚ Parkinson’s Disease‚ Cerebral Vascular e.g. stroke. Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected
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Discrimination Diversity‚ Equality and Inclusion To understand what discrimination is‚ we first have to understand the meanings of diversity‚ equality and inclusion within our society and social health care. Diversity outlines difference and variety; we are all different we have characteristics that make us individual‚ these come from and include: race‚ religion‚ age‚ gender‚ beliefs‚ appearance‚ abilities‚ talents and sexual orientation. These characteristics give us our uniqueness in society
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Unit 18: Understanding the role of communication and interactions with individuals who have dementia Unit Code: DEM 308 1. How do individuals with dementia communicate through their behaviour (1.1) Persons with dementia may communicate through behaviours such as: • Repetition of actions or questions‚ this may communicate anxiety over memory loss‚ boredom from inactivity‚ to seek reassurance‚ picking at clothing due to anxiety. • Aggression‚ this may communicate depression‚ an inability
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The topic I chose for my research paper was dementia. I was interested in this topic because it came to my attention that my grandmother‚ who is in her early 70’s‚ was showing signs of dementia. I wanted to research it so I could find out for about it. Before I researched dementia I only knew a handful of things about treatments‚ symptoms‚ and causes. However‚ after I researched‚ I found out things that I would never would have imagined to be true. Before I started my research I was hoping to learn
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GERIATRIC DEMENTIA Dementia has an originally meaning of madness “a serious loss of global cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person‚ beyond what might be expected from normal aging.” Although dementia has always been somewhat common‚ it has become even more common among the elderly in recent history. Dementia is one of the most serious disorders affecting the elderly. The prevalence of dementia increases rapidly with age. The prevalence of dementia has been difficult to determine
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Outcome 1 Promote equality and diversity in work with children and young people 1.1 Current legislation and codes of practice Every Child Matters 2003 and Children Act 2004 These were put into place to ensure that all organisations and agencies involved with children between birth and 19 years should work together ensure that children have the support needed to be healthy‚ stay safe‚ enjoy and achieve‚ make a positive contribution and ahieve economic well-being. The key aspect of the Act was
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It is very helpful for teachers to understand the stages of child development as they encourage the children to become more independent and grow in maturity. Some strategies to respond to inappropriate or challenging behaviors that promote self discipline would be to redirect the child’s
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Equality and Inclusion 1.1 Explain what it is meant by diversity? Equality? Inclusion? Diversity is about difference‚ and the value of diversity is the richness and variety that different people bring to society. Equality is the state of being equal‚ especially in status‚ rights‚ or opportunities. Inclusion is an action or state of including or of being included within a group or structure. 1.2. Describe potential effects of discrimination Refused access to society‚ services‚ employment
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