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    AND SOC TH AND SOCIAL CARE H SOCIAL CARE HEALTH A CARE HEALTH AND SOC AND SOCIAL CARE HEA RE QUALIFICATIONS HE ALTH AND SOCIAL CARE EXEMPLAR SOCIAL CARE HEALTH A CANDIDATE WORK CARE HEALTH AND SOC TH AND SOCIAL CARE H UNIT DEM 201 DEMENTIA AWARENESS Unit DEM 201 2 Unit DEM 201 CONTENTS Introduction Page 4 Unit Purpose Page 5 Evidence for Learning Outcome 1 AC1.1 Commentary for Evidence for AC1.1

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    at the specific needs of the Older Person who has the chronic condition of Dementia. I will describe what Dementia is; discuss the physiological and psychological changes that occur‚ and explore the person’s needs. Also I will discuss the role of the carer and multidisciplinary team in relation to caring for the person. I will use the Internet‚ tutors notes and hand-outs for this project. What is Dementia? Dementia is an umbrella term that describes the symptoms that occur when the brain is

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    friends. He has become more and more quiet‚ given up his hobbies and lost interest in the newspaper and television. His wife is not comfortable leaving him alone because of his memory issues (Butcher‚ Mineka‚ & Hooley‚ 2010). Confirm Diagnosis Dementia of the Alzheimer Type is a diagnosis of exclusion‚ other causes for the cognitive deficits must be ruled out first (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2000). This diagnosis is normally given after all other potential causes are ruled out by medical

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    Cathy Gill Mary Duke English 111 26 February 2013 Dementia a Debilitating Illness Dementia is a complex topic that can be looked at from many different perspectives. There are two main categories of dementia; cortical and subcortical dementia. The focus of this paper will be on cortical dementia. Symptoms of dementia start out slowly and generally progress over time. The number of people with some type of dementia is an estimated 24 million worldwide. (Label) It is one of the world’s fastest

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    * Outline for “Dear Dementia‚ I Hate You” Small part of the article “quote” “I hate dementia. I loathe it. I detest it. It is a monster that is slowly‚ bit by bit‚ mercilessly devouring the personality and mentality of my father”. Introducing the bias article to the audience Explaining what is dementia (briefly) How the person relates to this sickness Showing the point of view Explaining how the article is bias and to what side * Dementia is a distressing disease caused by the dreadful

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    In [14] Guy M. McKhann‚ demonstrated criteria for all-cause dementia and for AD dementia. A team was assigned by The National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer’s Association for reviving the 1984 judgement criteria for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) dementia. The team’s aim was to keep a check that the revised factors of judgement would be desirable enough to be incorporated by both general healthcare providers without the intervention of neuropsychological testing‚ advanced imaging‚ and cerebrospinal

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    Running Head: DEMENTIA Understand the Process and Experience of Dementia [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution] Outcome 1: Understand the Neurology of Dementia 1. Range of Causes Of Dementia Syndrome Dementia is a syndrome that has different set of symptoms and signs. There are many types of disorders which can be caused in dementia. People with dementia illnesses sometimes suffer from a number of conditions which do not experience the events as they are. Although

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    the process and experience of dementia (DEM 301) Outcome 1 - Understand the neurology of dementia. 1. Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome. - There are several causes of dementia some of them are; a stroke‚ brain disease‚ MS‚ certain medications‚ shrinkage of the brain‚ too many opiates over a long period of time and severe alcoholism 2. Describe the types of memory impairment commonly experienced by individuals with dementia. - Dementia can cause the sufferer to experience

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    older will be suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s is a form of dementia and its devastating that there will be roughly 7.1 million diagnosed with one specific form of dementia. With this skyrocketing increase will come the need for more intervention and prevention projects to help the number of individuals suffering from all forms of dementia. Even though there is an umbrella of different forms of dementiadementia its self is a term used to describe a disease that is chronic‚ progressive

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    disorder in which the death of brain cells causes memory loss and cognitive decline. A neurodegenerative type of dementia‚ the disease starts mild and gets progressively worse. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia‚ a general term for memory loss and other intellectual abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 60 to 80 percent of dementia cases. Alzheimer’s is not a normal part of aging‚ although the greatest known risk factor is increasing age

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