Heritage Assessment Angel S. Winnie Grand Canyon University: NRS429V May 17‚ 2013 Heritage Assessment The heritage assessment tool is a checklist used by professionals to gain knowledge of patient’s culture and beliefs prior to initiating care. (Spector‚ 2000). There are many different cultures in this country‚ brining different beliefs in health‚ illness‚ recovery‚ death‚ and life. The heritage assessment tool is an important measure towards better understanding of cultural competency‚
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appointment of name or likeness‚ public exposure of private certainties‚ and false light. Nobility:Treating some individual dignifiedly plans to approach some person with yielding‚ regarding their peculiarity and their product and great feelings. Remembering the ultimate objective to give stately care you require an open and motivational attitude. Regard: Regarding some individual suggests tolerating and showing that they have importance as a man. It infers that they have their specific decisions
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reviewing a service user’s journey through their experience of care In this essay I will critically evaluate a resident by the name of 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
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Heritage Assessment Cheri Montoro Grand Canyon University NRS-429V Linda Gobin August 06‚ 2013 Heritage Assessment This paper will assess and discuss the usefulness of applying the Heritage Assessment tool to evaluate three different families each one from different cultural backgrounds consisting of Greek‚ Italian‚ and Hispanic ethnicities. This paper will also compare similarities and differences related to health maintenance‚ health protection and health restoration and the cultural
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usefulness of applying a heritage assessment in assessing the needs of persons as a whole‚ three different family’s opinions on health maintenance‚ health protection and health restoration. Moreover‚ the writer will identify health traditions as regards to cultural heritage of the writer‚ then how the three families interviewed in this paper practice their traditions and how important their rituals and practices are to them. The Usefulness of Applying a Heritage Assessment “Heritage is the full range
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Understanding Dementia Dementia is not a disease but a group of conditions resulting from a disease such as Alzheimer’s and Vascular dementia or a group of symptoms which may result from age‚ brain injury‚ confusion‚ difficulty in performing day to day or familiar tasks‚ changes in personality‚ mood and behaviour. Dementia is a condition in which there’s a gradual loss of brain function‚ it is a decline in cognitive/intellectual functioning. Dementia causes permanent and progressive damage to
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memory bank. Personally‚ what matters most about museums is that they are the only source of "living history" and perhaps an insight to the future world that lies before us. History should be displayed for study not only because it is essential to individuals and to society‚ but also because it harbours beauty. <br> <br>Museums provide an ideal learning environment‚ whether it is formal or informal learning‚ active hands-on participation or passive observation (Hein‚ G. E‚ 1998). In The British Museum
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journal “Nurse empathy and the care of people with dementia” was about incorporating the need for understanding and empathy for individuals with dementia. It has become evident that there are barriers that prevent patients from receiving quality care from the nurses. For instances‚ the abuse the nurses receive from patients and being overworked; however‚ this can be fixed by further education and the support from staff and management. In this journal‚ it is important for nurses to give empathy to
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Modern Quinceañera’s are important milestones in a girl’s life. This manifestation symbolizes a girl’s entrance into womanhood when turning 15 years old. Quinceañera’s have a very valuable price tag that varies from place to place. However‚ Quinceañera’s aren’t just revolved around the child in Mexican Communities. Parents and Grandparents are a part of the celebration due to the fact they have raised their children up right. Throughout this essay‚ the typical Quinceañera in Mexican communities
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added: definitions of topics‚ a controlled group‚ and observation of long-term effects of the programs. Finally‚ the following areas should be kept: training of the direct care workers‚ follow up of direct care workers‚ and acquiring the sample from four facilities. The research article mentions the umbrella term of Dementia‚ more specifically focusing on the residents with moderate
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