EIGHT CAREGIVING MAXIMS FOR DEALING WITH PERPLEXING BEHAVIOURS Don’t try and stop people with dementia from doing something just because it isn’t being done “properly”. Give them time to do things in their own way at their own pace. People with dementia understand far more than they are ever given credit for. Take care what is said in their presence and don’t exclude them from conversations or decisions. Bossiness is Just Not On. It’s very easy to confuse “caring” with “controlling” and nothing
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movement of materials through plants in xylem and phloem tissue. Parts of Plants: Roots Structural support & transports by taking in water & nutrients‚ process of diffusion Root Hairs – Increase S/A‚ are extension of epidermal cells Stems in vascular tissue‚ which is made of xylem & phloem. Xylem – transports water & dissolved minerals Long tubes made up of series of cells. From roots upwards to leaves; useable for tree with maximum height. Phloem – transport sucrose‚ produced in photosynthetic
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Alzheimers is a fatal disease to the brain‚ and it affects millions of people world wide. According to Medical News Today it`s the sixth leading caused of death in America. Alzheimers is a slow process. Alzheimers disease has seven stages‚ and each stage progresses very slowly. The first stage of Alzheimers does not show any physical signs‚ but plaques and tangles in the brain can start to develop. Stage two is very mild decline to someone infected; for example‚ the person would lose or misplace
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I. Introduction A. If you listen to music‚ raise your hand. B. We often listen to music as a daily activity. List examples of when we listen to music such as when working out‚ bored‚ doing work‚ sad‚ stressed‚ etc. C. What most people don’t know is that music can and is used for healing II. Body A. Music Therapy is a health profession were music is used to address physical‚ emotional‚ cognitive‚ and social needs of individuals. B. After assessing the strengths and needs of a client‚ a qualified
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History of Gerstmann’s Syndrome Gerstmann’s syndrome is a cognitive impairment that is caused by damage to the left parietal lobe in the region of the angular gyrus. Additionally‚ it can occur as a result of a stroke or tumor. According to the National Institute of Health‚ Gerstmann’s syndrome is named after famed neuropsychiatrist Josef Gerstmann (2008). It affects both men and women in equal numbers (NORD.org‚ 2014). It is characterized by four primary symptoms: a writing disability (agraphia or
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Hippocampus The area of the brain associated with memory‚ learning and emotional response is the hippocampus‚ which is part of the limbic system. It is composed of a pair of seahorse shaped structures in the medial temporal lobe of the brain‚ one in each of the left and right lobes. It has three distinct regions: dorsal‚ ventral and intermediate. The dorsal hippocampus serves verbal and spatial memory as well as conceptual learning and assigning sensory stimuli to memories. It contains more place
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Still Alice is the story about a fifty-year-old‚ Harvard psychology professor who is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. We meet Alice right before she is diagnosed‚ when she is still traveling for conferences and teaching at Harvard. After experiencing various memory lapses and spatial disorientations‚ Alice finally goes to the doctor and through a series of tests; she is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Alice struggles with this truth for a while before she finally tells her
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Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible neurodegenerative disease that causes deterioration of cognitive and behavioral functions in individuals usually over the age of 60. While there is no cure for this disease‚ there is a wide range of treatments and care. Therefore‚ doctors and caregivers are constantly working on uncovering the best treatment for this disease. This study focuses on the effects of response-related music stimulation versus general music stimulation on positive participation in
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The Central Nervous System is composed of the brain and the spinal cord and one of it’s primary functions is to send out messsages to the rest of the body. One chronic illness that affects the Central Nervous System is Multiple Sclerosis. Roughly 2 million people througout the world have been faced with this disease‚ and “in the United States‚ it is estimated that 450‚000 people are affected‚ with 10‚000 new cases per year” (Goodman & Fuller 772). This disabiling condition has been found more prevelant
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5 Effective Ways to Connect to a Person With Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive illness of the brain. It is common to elderly aged 60 years old and above. This affects a person’s ability to remember things and think clearly‚ thus those people with AD will eventually become forgetful and easily confounded. They may have a difficult time concentrating and may behave in unusual ways. These problems you encounter will even get worse as the illness gets worse‚ thus it is imperative
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