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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Task a 103 1. Explain how individuals with dementia may communicate through their behaviour. Dementia sufferers communicate in many different ways. They may not be able to speak but they can communicate non-verbally with positive or negative behaviour. They can also communicate using body language and through posture. One service user who was blind was hard to settle‚ because he couldn’t see it was hard to communicate‚ he was unable to express himself verbally and he was very anxious and
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was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis on prescribed medications. The aim of this case study is to explain and discuss the major nursing care of a 85 year old man who has recently been diagnosed with advanced stage dementia. This case study will express my knowledge and understanding of evidence based nursing practice whilst exhibiting my ability to outline a plan of care‚ which is based on this. a)
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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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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 struggle to use their knife
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Strange Relation: A Memoir of Marriage‚ Dementia‚ and Poetry‚ is a true story written by Rachel Hadas. In it‚ Hadas gives the account of her journey after her husband is diagnosed with early-onset dementia at only 61 years old. Following his diagnosis‚ Rachel’s husband‚ George‚ begins to disappear before her eyes. Though he is there physically‚ she loses him in every other way day by day. Strange Relation gives readers a window into the time when George lived at home with Rachel caring for him and
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Dem 210 Understand and Enable Interaction and Communication with Individuals with Dementia 1.1 Describe how memory impairment can affect the ability of an individual with dementia to use verbal language In People who have dementia‚ memory impairment can make it very difficult to make verbal communication through language. Dementia can make people forget words and even confuse some words with others causing confusion and other people cannot always understand them. The individual might understand
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• Identify and record and health issues such as poor hearing‚ poor eyesight‚ dehydration or problems with dentures to ensure there is no miscommunication with your care recipient. • Be aware that most people with dementia will revert back to their native tongue and/or other languages they have learnt. • Care recipients should always be given the choice to use professional translators and interpreters. Provide professional translators and interpreters to your care recipients and/or to their family
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DEVELOPMENT Page 58 Dementia multiple choice questionnaire Page 59 Read Catherine Gibbs’s practice profile on diabetic ketoacidosis Page 60 Guidelines on how to write a practice profile Promoting positive approaches to dementia care in nursing NS562 Hoe J‚ Thompson R (2010) Promoting positive approaches to dementia care in nursing. Nursing Standard. 25‚ 4‚ 47-56. Date of acceptance: July 27 2010. Summary This article provides an overview of factors relevant to dementia care today. The number
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4222-370] ( Written questions [Outcome 1] Understand the concept of diversity and its relevance to working with individuals who have dementia 1.1- explain what is meant by the terms • diversity The Service Users i deliver care to are all different in many ways.This can be along the dimensions of gender‚ age‚ ethnicity‚ race‚ sexual orientation‚ socio-economic status‚ physical abilities‚ political beliefs‚ religious beliefs or other ideologies. This means that i have to be aware of a person’s
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