t e x 4 8 ( 2 0 1 2 ) 4 2 9 e4 4 6 Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/cortex Research report Working memory‚ attention‚ and executive function in Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia Cheryl L. Stopford*‚ Jennifer C. Thompson‚ David Neary‚ Anna M.T. Richardson and Julie S. Snowden Cerebral Function Unit‚ Greater Manchester Neuroscience Centre‚ Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Clinical Neurosciences Research Group‚ University
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Dementia is usually a progressive debilitating syndrome that changes the person’s life forever. People can have many different ways of coping with the diagnosis of dementia. These emotions can become obstacles that could hinder the patient’s progress in therapy if they are not addressed. It is important that therapists recognize what is dementia‚ the daily challenges their patients and family members might be dealing with when diagnosed with dementia and what skills they‚ as therapists‚ should
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Dealing with Dementia in the Elderly Danaya Gilchrist Touro College of Applied Studies General Survey of Mental Health (GHU 140) Professor Wyatt April 29th‚ 2014 Abstract Dementia is a scary disease for the elderly to deal with it. It changes their lives and who they are. Dementia affects the daily living activities of people who are dealing with it; a person who is living with dementia can no longer do anything for themselves or live their lives the way that they want to. Family members
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Impairment of goodwill and CGUs By Graham Holt Studying this technical article and answering the related questions can count towards your verifiable CPD if you are following the unit route to CPD and the content is relevant to your learning and development needs. One hour of learning equates to one unit of CPD. We’d suggest that you use this as a guide when allocating yourself CPD units. The basic principle of impairment is that an asset may not be carried on the statement of financial position
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goodwill allocated to the Spanish operations was impaired. At the end of 2010 a new legislation act was passed restricting exports of Ida’s main product. The following information relates to the CGU/reporting unit of Ida’s Spanish operations before impairment analysis: Cash $50‚000 PP&E $3‚000‚000 Land $150‚000
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Intangibles and Impairment of Assets Learn | Consult | Research Intangibles • Identifiable non-monetary asset without physical substance • IAS 38 prescribes special criteria for an asset to be recognized as intangible asset • Tangible or intangible must meet the criteria of asset to be recognized – Controlled by entity as a result of past event – Probable future economic inflow (revenue or cost saving) Recognition • Must meet the definition of asset • Must meet criteria set by IAS
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1. Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is the term used to describe a group of symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by certain diseases and conditions. Symptoms are progressive and degenerative and as more brain cell get damaged or die‚ a gradual loss of memory and decline in other intellectual functions which affects a person’s ability to remember‚ make rational judgments or communicate and is serious enough to interfere with performing the tasks of daily life. There
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Understand and enable communication Different forms of dementia may affect the way an individual communicates. People with alzheimers and most other types of dementia‚often suffer from short-term memory loss.This means that they may be unable to remember events that have just happened or they may repeat a question after just a few minutes.They may forget names or even forget who people are all together.This can cause communication issues as they may be unaware who they are talking to‚forget earlier
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2015 Unit 13 Dementia Awareness 1. Understand what dementia is 1.1 Explain what mean by the term "dementia" The word dementia describes a set of symptoms that may include memory loss and difficulties with thinking‚ problem-solving or language. Dementia is caused when the brain is damaged by diseases‚ such as Alzheimer ’s disease or a series of strokes. 1.2 Describe the key functions of the brain that are - affected by dementia The main areas of the brain that are affected by dementia in terms of
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Vision Impairment: Visual Impairment or Vision Impairment is vision loss that constitutes a significant limitation of visual capability resulting from disease‚ trauma‚ or a congenital or degenerative condition that cannot be corrected by conventional means‚ including refractive correction‚ medication‚ or surgery. Partially sighted indicates some type of visual problem‚ with a need of a person to receive special education in some cases. Low vision generally refers to a severe visual impairment‚ not
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