aging family 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
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that we meant to send do not necessarily reflect what we think‚ causing a communication breakdown and creating roadblocks that stand in our way of our goals both personally and professionally. During this essay there will be reflection upon two main keys strategies that nurses can achieve to make a difference in a communication breakdown in the health care setting with patients such as dementia. The problems that can be associated with this and also and overview of the illness of dementia. When talking
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Alzheimer’s dementia is a neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by several brain abnormalities that are selective and only affect neurons in specific regions of the brain. This disease is characterized by a progressive decrease in neuronal activity and neuronal survival. Historically‚ researchers have used Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines to scan patients with Alzheimer’s disease and the unaffected old adults and then use supercomputers to create color-coded maps which revealed
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Assignment 371 Task A A1) Explain how different forms of dementia can affect the way an individual communicates. All forms of dementia can affect the way a person communicates‚ so in time they may have to find different ways of expressing themselves and their feelings. As a carer your non-verbal communication will become important‚ your body language‚ facial expressions‚ gestures‚ eye contact and tone of voice will have to be taken into account when you are communicating with a sufferer
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Alzheimer’s Dementia Alzheimer ’s disease is a progressive brain disorder that damages and eventually destroys brain cells‚ leading to memory loss and changes in thinking and other brain functions. It usually develops slowly and gradually gets worse as more brain cells wither and die. Ultimately‚ Alzheimer ’s is fatal‚ and currently‚ there is no cure. Alzheimer ’s disease is the most common type of dementia‚ a general term used to describe various diseases and conditions that
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everything in an instance. Like Lear in Shakespeare’s he was blinded by dementia which caused him to make irrational decisions‚ when Gloucester lost his sight‚ he managed to see the truth which was right before his eyes all these while. Blindness can be a gift of darkness‚ it allows you to settle down and focus only on your own thoughts. It helps heighten your senses and enables you to probe deeper than just the surface meaning. Dementia can be said as a form of blindness. It causes King Lear to be blind
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Neurocognitive disorders begin with delirium‚ followed by the syndromes of Major and Mild Neurocognitive disorders and their etiological subtypes. These subtypes include Alzheimer’s disease‚ vascular‚ Lewy bodies‚ frontotemporal‚ Huntington’s disease‚ as well as neurocognitive disorders due to Parkinson’s disease‚ traumatic brain injury‚ HIV infection‚ multiple etiologies‚ and/or another medical condition. Although cognitive deficits are present in many if not all psychological disorders‚ only disorders whose
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difference between Alzheimer and dementia. Also‚ it’s very important to educate yourself and do research on Alzheimer and dementia.They both based on memory loss that changes an individual’s daily life. But Alzheimer and dementia are different. Dementia are caused by strokes. Alzheimer is unknown cause the patient wouldn’t know about. Both dementia and Alzheimer is based on memory loss that changes an individuals daily life. Like with most disease or disorders there are warning signs and symptoms
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experience of dementia Understand the neurology of dementia 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome Fixed cognitive impairments are due to a single event. Traumatic brain injury may cause generalized damage to the white matter of the brain or localized damages. A temporary reduction in the supply of blood and oxygen to the brain may lead to this type of dementia. A stroke or brain infection can also be the cause of dementia. Excessive alcoholic intake results in alcoholic dementia. Use of
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Caring for Dementia Patients Rodrick Williams English 122 Professor Susan Turner – Colon Caring for Dementia Patient It can be very difficult caring for a patient with dementia. Most caregivers are unaware of the problems‚ they must face. A family member attempting to care for a loved one without training will eventually turn to a Nursing Home that has experienced staff in the care of dementia patients. Although many families feel a sense
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