Unit 56: Support care plan activities R/601/8015 1.1 Identify sources of information about the individual and specific care plan activities Having a holistic approach will allow us to know better our service user and so‚ support him in the best way accordingly with his needs. By actively involving the service user we may obtain most of his relevant information such as health state‚ circumstances and his religious and cultural background. Accounting with service user provider permission we may obtain
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UNDERSTANDING DEMENTIA INTRODUCTION Dementia is a progressive illness which occurs when the brain is damaged by disorders and diseases such as Alzheimer ’s disease‚ Huntington ’s disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) or a series of strokes. The term dementia is not the actual disease in its own right but is the collective term used to describe the group of related symptoms caused by the gradual death of brain cells. These symptoms include memory loss‚ problems with reasoning‚ perception‚
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Integrated treatment is defined as concept of treating a person for mental illness and addiction co-occuring together. Burnett‚ Porter‚ and Stallings (2011) explained that providing an integrated treatment plan allows for the client to receive support and services that they may not received otherwise. For example‚ establishing a support system that involves motivation is instrumental in treating clients with co-occuring disorders (Burnett‚ Porter‚ and Stallings‚ 2011). An addict experiencing depression
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The biological approach can be used to explain many thing within health and social care‚ it can also be useful in diagnosing and treating service users‚ and is effective for practitioners to asses and help their patience within heath care and social care alike. The biological approach can have a positive impact on the service user because tests such as the assessment scale are available so that they can fully understand why there behaviour is the way it is‚ and also what is normal and abnormal for
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sectors‚ you will probably have had a period of induction‚ where you will have learned about: •• the policies and procedures of the organisation •• how the structures work •• the people who are your managers and supervisors. Working for smaller private or voluntary organisations‚ or working as a personal assistant directly employed by the person you are supporting‚ may mean that your initial induction was less formal and you learned ‘on the job’. In each case‚ you will have been given an idea
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Describe the impact of early diagnosis and follow up to diagnosis has on dementia. Impact: Early diagnosis can be established when an individual meets current diagnostic criteria for dementia where there is deterioration in cognitive function that interferes with activities of daily living. Patient lives change dramatically when initially diagnosed and may experience feelings of shock‚ disbelief‚ anger‚ loss and grief. However‚ after this the affected individual and their family members can confirm
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social support in coping with HIV/AIDS The terminal nature of HIV has been a source of profound despair in modern civilization. The brutal effects of the virus are untreatable and as a result have forced interventionists to seek other methods of helping patients who have been infected by the disease. Psychologists have sought ways of improving the mental state of patients; at the forefront of this particular research field is the role of social support in coping with HIV. Social support has largely
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Theresa Byers‚ SID# 55876 PSY 380 PERSONALITY THEORIES 3). Describe a mentally healthy personality‚ according to Adler. Most of society thinks that a mentally healthy person is a person with a sound sense of self and someone who functions on a daily basis within the community without problems of any signs of a mental illness. For Adler‚ psychological health is determined by the level of social contribution beneficial to the greater community‚ to the degree‚ that one integrates and furthers
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365 Understand the process and experience of Dementia 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome The dementia syndrome is caused by combination of conditions such as specific diseases like Alzheimer’s‚ Parkinson’s or motor neurone disease. It can also be caused by having stroke and prolonged alcohol abuse. 1.2 Describe the types of memory impairment commonly experienced by individuals with dementia frontal lobe – The person may have difficulty thinking clearly‚ struggle with forming
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Chapter One 1.1 What is Dementia? Dementia is a broad term used to describe a various amount of diseases that are associated with the decline in the mental state. One of the most common forms of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease. It is the main culprit for almost half the cases of dementia seen in patients (O’ Shea‚ 2007). Other common forms of dementia include vascular dementia‚ mixed dementia and Lewy body dementia. The more uncommon forms of dementia include picks disease‚ Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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