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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1. What is dementia? Why is Alzheimer disease based on a “diagnosis of exclusion”? What diagnostic tests would be ordered to determine if Ella’s dementia could be caused by Alzheimer’s disease? Dementia: Grossman and Porth (2014) define dementia as a group of symptoms caused by disorders that affect the brain. Another name for dementia is‚ nonnormative cognitive decline‚ which can be induced by any disorder that irreversibly damages large areas of the cerebral hemispheres or subcortical areas (memory
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Unit 40 - P1 Describe the types of dementia and common signs and symptoms The term ‘dementia’ describes a set of symptoms which can include loss of memory‚ mood changes and problems with communication and reasoning. These symptoms occur when the brain is damaged by certain conditions and diseases‚ including Alzheimer’s disease‚ vascular dementia and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Age is the greatest risk factor for dementia. Dementia affects one in 14 people over the age of 65 and one in six over
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1.1 Describe how cognitive‚ functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating‚ drinking and nutrition? Cognitive: depending on the type of dementia a person has they may have trouble in recognising the food in front of them or not understand that the food provided is for them‚ they may even view the food in front of them as food. This can be caused by their minds not recognising what is in front of them. Functional: depending on the type of dementia a person has they may
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Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. It includes memory loss‚ difficulties with thinking‚ problem-solving or language‚ and etc. Brain damage due to symptoms by certain diseases is result of Alzheimer’s. Alois Alzheimer was the first person who describes the disease. It is a physical disease and also a progressive disease that affects the human brain. It slowly damages the parts of the brain‚ at first it is generally mild but they get worse over time and start to get involved
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NAME: VICTORIA SPENCER TITLE: UNIT 52 DATE: 16/09/12 Understand that each individual’s experience of dementia is uniqueExplain why it is important to recognize and respect an individual’s heritage | LO 11.1 | Sofia is an 87-year-old Greek woman who migrated to Australia with her husband in 1951. Her husband passed away 10 years ago and she has four adult children. Sofia’s health has deteriorated gradually over the past 10 years and she is finding it increasingly difficult to care for herself
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There are many strategies available to help support people with physiological disorders. For both dementia and diabetes there are multiple care strategies to help them cope with their disorders and to support them through it all. The first physiological disorder I am going to be talking about related to care strategies is dementia. As dementia is a progressive illness‚ the care strategies will have to make them feel as comfortable and safe as possible. As stated in my P5‚ the first strategy
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“ Promoting quality care through the not-for-profit sector ” STATEMENT OF BEST PRACTICE Key principles of person-centred dementia care “ Promoting quality care through the not-for-profit sector ” Introduction: promoting person-centred care The primary purpose of the National Care Forum (NCF) is to promote quality outcomes for people who receive care and support through the notfor-profit sector. NCF members make a formal commitment through the chief executives to adhere to NCF’s underpinning
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done activities in my past work experience and put myself in other people’s shoes‚ to see what it was like having disabilities. One time‚ I participated in an activity in which‚ I ate pureed food and thickened liquids. This helped me to see how a person with swallowing difficulties felt. This exercise assisted me to see how the food tasted and the texture felt. Another time‚ I used Hoyer lifts to see what it would be like to be a patient. I was the patient‚ therefore‚ I saw how a patient had to
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effective for patients with dementia. Schaeffer explains that music shares a close relationship with your unconscious emotions and the emotions are activated by musical movement. The feelings are so strong that they are meaningful even if the patient cannot remember who they are. Music therapy improves wellbeing in the following areas: memory recall‚ vocal fluency‚ positive changes in moods‚ and management of pain and discomfort. The basic function of music therapy in dementia patients is to increase
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