Explain the importance of effective communication to an individual with dementia. One reason that effective communication is very important for the individual with dementia is because of their diminished abilities to express pain‚ suffering‚ fear‚ illnesses‚ etc. By using the most efficient methods of communication you can best support your person. Insuring that he or she receives the best medical care‚ that he or she is safe and well cared for‚ and that not only his or her needs are met
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Plan Profile I am currently on a Mental Health placement at a local hospital. Mr Burns is a 75 year old man to protect the client the name has been changed under the data Protection Act 1998 that has been on the all-male dementia ward since 2007. Mr Burns has Alzheimer’s disease‚ stomach ulcers‚ prone to seizures and Dysphasia. Using Rober‚ Logan and Tierney’s model the 13 activities of daily living the priorities for Mr Burns are personal cleaning and dressing‚ mobilizing and eating and drinking
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The Outlook South West book for... Dementia carers DEMENTIA CARERS WHAT IS DEMENTIA It is estimated that there are currently 820‚000 people with dementia living in the UK alone and this is set to rise over the next 30 years. As a carer‚ you are one of over six million people in the UK who provide practical and emotional support for someone close to you. Caring for someone with dementia‚ can at times be a challenging and demanding experience. Whilst there are often many rewarding times‚ carers
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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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Tom Journey with dementia. He suffers from Alzheimer’s dementia and lives in sheltered housing. I will explore issues surrounding nutrition intake‚ wandering‚ communication‚ incontinence and the environment that affect the client‚ family and staff. I will then look at the assessment process‚ care planning‚ implementing and evaluation. I will explore patient safety‚ intervention and the processes that managers and professionals have to undertake when managing patients with dementia. These interventions
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affect that dementia has on thinking skills e.g. memory‚ understanding etc. Functional is about the ability to perform actions such as feeding themselves. Emotional is about how they feel and react e.g. confusion can cause distress and aggression. As dementia progresses‚ eating and drinking can become difficult for some people. This factsheet looks at some of the difficulties that people with dementia may have with eating and drinking‚ and suggests ways to help. A person with dementia may no longer
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CU1683 1.2 Younger people with dementia diagnoses may still be employed have children and a family and it can be a lot more distressing for them when diagnosed than someone who is older‚ they have a better awareness of what is coming and what is going to happen‚ and older person may not realise they have dementia at first‚ and out it down to Age‚ and by the time they are diagnosed they have had it for some time so the trauma is not so severe and they don’t have dependents to worry about‚ so
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one not remember you. Imagine visiting them as often as you can‚ and every time having to remind them who you are‚ and how you affected their life. This is known as a disease call dementia. Dementia disease is very hard for the patient themselves‚ but often times harder for the family. Alzheimer disease is a form of dementia‚ and makes daily living very difficult. Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disease. Brain cells that control intellectual and social functions are damaged. Memory‚ thinking‚ reasoning
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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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Understand and Meet the Nutritional Requirements of Individuals with Dementia 1.1 Describe how cognitive‚ functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating‚ drinking and nutrition Cognitive behaviour is dysfunctional emotions and behaviours caused by damage in brain affecting part of the brain responsible for memory and all that we learn from birth- how to talk‚ eat etc. This means that person with dementia can forget how important it is to eat and drink. They also may lose
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