assignment‚ I researched about the health problem‚ dementia. Dementia is one of the serious health problems Australia encounters. This is due to the fact that the aging of population in Australia is increasing. Thus‚ the number of people who are diagnosed as dementia is increasing every year. Brown & Edwards (2005) suggested that there are approximately 18‚000 new cases of dementia in Australia every year. Harris‚ Nagy and Vardaxis (2006) stated ¡®dementia is a progressive organic mental disorder characterised
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(Insert your name here) Needs Analysis Sport: lacrosse and volleyball Athlete: center and defense spec. Gender: female Age: 14-18 18-21 Instructions: * You have a series of 10 worksheets to fill out throughout the semester. Each one pertains to a particular lecture‚ and is due the class period after that lecture. The due dates for each are clearly noted on the top of each worksheet. * Type your answers in the boxes provided. The text boxes can be expanded if necessary
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UNDERSTANDING HOW KEY FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN ARE AFFECTED BY DEMENTIA You do not have to become an expert on the brain to be a good dementia health care worker. However‚ having a basic awareness of the brain’s functioning may help you to understand some of the difficulties a person with dementia is experiencing. It can also help to explain some of the behaviours you may find challenging and difficult to comprehend. The level of damage taking place in the brain (‘neurological impairment’)
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UNIT 34: UNDERSTAND PHYSICAL DISABILITY – LEARNING OUTCOME 2 2.1 Define the term “physical disability” Physical disability pertains to total or partial loss of a person’s bodily functions (e.g. walking‚ gross motor skills‚ bladder control etc) and total or partial loss of a part of the body (e.g. a person with an amputation). Simply stated‚ a physical disability is any type of physical condition that significantly impacts one or more major life activities. That is a pretty broad definition‚ but the
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Assignment 305 The term consent capacity means for an adult to have the ability to understand information relevant to making an informal or voluntary decision. A wide range of diseases‚ disorders‚ conditions and injuries can affect a person’s ability to understand and give consent to information that has been relayed to them. Informed consent is a phrase often used in law to indicate that the consent from the individual meets the certain minimum standards. In order to give informed consent the individual
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Assessment 1.1: understanding dementia 1. Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’. Dementia is a term used to describe a collection of signs and symptoms that happen to the brain when it is affected by the progression of certain diseases such as vascular dementia (when brain cells die due to lack of oxygen) and Alzheimer’s disease (a specific brain disease). Some of the affects these diseases have are on a person’s memory‚ language and communication abilities‚ behaviour and ability to make
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table to show how BMI is used as a guide to health: BMI | Comment | Less than 18.5 | Underweight | 18.5 – 24.9 | Ideal | 25 – 29.9 | Overweight | 30 – 40 | Obese | More than 40 | Severely obese | Food labels give you all of the nutritional information about the food in question‚ they also tell the percentages of what things are in the food. Ingredients are another thing that are found on food labels‚ they sometimes tell you how much of a certain food is in the product. Food labels
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this? This is just a small portion of the many examples that I have experience watching my grandmother battle with severe dementia. It is disease that causes the loss of cognitive functioning of thinking‚ remembering‚ and reasoning. In addition‚ to the behavior abilities that will interfere with a person’s daily life and activities. Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia. Which brings me to the scientist Alois Alzheimer a German physician‚
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Activity 2.2.2: Nutritional Terms Chart Cassie Walker‚ 1st Period Category Definition Importance Serving Size The portion of food used as a reference on the nutrition label of that food. The standardized serving size is one tool you can use to be sure you’re following a healthy‚ balanced diet. Calories A unit of heat used to indicate the amount of energy that foods will produce in the human body You need to balance calories because in caloric excess‚ you consume more calories than you use and
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KAREN CHAPMAN THE ROLE OF THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORKER (UNIT 4222-206) UNDERSTAND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE OUTCOME 1 1. Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship A working relationship is where you are placed with other people and work as part of team where each individual is working following professional codes of conduct‚ towards the achievement of shared aims and objectives. By working to a set of rules and procedures for which
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