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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old‚ a third of the world’s populations will be diagnosed with dementia. More likely about 70% can be caused by Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia is the progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. With Dementia‚ possible areas that will be affected are memory‚ attention span‚ language‚ and even problem solving. In most cases with people dealing with dementia; they will be facing problems like not knowing what day it is
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DEMENTIA Dementia diseases‚ such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD)‚ have a large impact on the everyday life of persons affected‚ their spouses‚ and the staff involved in their daily living (Borell‚ 1992). For example‚ the cognitive dysfunctions resulting from dementia diseases interfere largely with the performance of most activities of daily living (ADL) (Bäckman‚ 1992). Consequently‚ an urgent need exists to develop programs supporting everyday occupation for persons with dementia. Occupational therapy
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assignment is to underpin effective communication‚ address why nurses need to be effective communicators‚ to expand on the meaning of the therapeutic relationship and why developing this with patients is important. Firstly‚ Communication is verbal and non-verbal. It is‚ therefore‚ defined as an act of conversing with people‚ to pass information‚ to consort‚ to express thoughts‚ to send a message across and being understood. However‚ it is a process that involves both patient and nurse actively. Consequently
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Introduction 2 1.1. Doctor-Patient Interactions 2 1.2. Verbal Versus Non-verbal Communication 3 2. Background 4 3. Healthcare Communication Outcomes 5 3.1. Diagnostic Accuracy 5 3.2. Adherence 5 3.3. Patient Satisfaction 6 3.4. Patient Safety 6 3.5. Access 7 3.6. Prevention 7 3.7. Team Satisfaction 8 3.8. Consent 8 3.9. Malpractice Risk 9 4. Summary 10 5. References 12 1. Introduction The quality of care (QoC) perceived by a patient during the medical encounter has implications for patient recovery and health
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with time.” (Buijssen‚p15) Dementia is a ‘clinical syndrome characterized by loss of function in multiple cognitive abilities in an individual with previously normal intellectual abilities.’(Clare‚ p5) While dementia is a worldwide problem that has no cure‚ very few people recognize and understand the four major forms of it. The most common forms of dementia are Vascular dementia‚ Parkinson’s disease‚ Huntington’s disease‚ and Alzheimers disease. Vascular dementia is a decline in thinking skills
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Unit 4222-237 SADIE LEWIS Outcome 1 1.1 Dementia is the progressive decline in the cognitive function‚ involving all aspects of perception‚ thinking‚ reasoning and remembering. This is largely to do with damage or disease. This is progressive and leads to the deterioration of the mind‚ affecting an individual’s ability to concentrate on daily tasks. The memory is often affected‚ causing them to forget people‚ dates and events that are recent to them‚ behaviour can be erratic
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themselves in the individual’s perspective and understanding how they must feel. It is important that carers have a lot of patience and be a compassionate person. People who suffer with dementia find it challenging to do every day activities; everybody suffers differently as there are different stages of dementia. It is important to treat every individual to their specific needs as some are more able than others. Being friendly and having time to sit down and talk to an individual can mean a lot
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EFFECTIVE DOCTOR PATIENT COMMUNICATIONS INTRODUCTION 1. Patients who rate communication with their physicians as excellent are four times more likely to believe they have received excellent health care than those who do not. Also patients who like the way their physician communicates with them are more likely to comply with their doctor’s recommendations and less likely to sue for medical malpractice in the event of a negative outcome. 2. Good doctor-patient communication is influenced
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