people experiencing living with dementia and caring for someone with dementia the surveys are designed for people to be able to honest about how they are coping‚ or what services they use and how they help its thought that by delivering your version of events someone may take that information read it and decisions can be made to make improvements in areas that are needed- in an ideal world of course. Figures are showing that there are 850‚000 people living with dementia in the UK‚ by 2050 that figure
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P1- describe the types of dementia In this assignment I am going to be describing 3 different types of dementia. I will be looking at Alzheimer’s disease‚ Vascular dementia and Lewy body dementia. I will be looking at what these dementias are‚ what the signs are and what the symptoms are. Dementia is a common condition that affects 800‚000 people in the UK‚ someone’s risk of developing dementia increases as you get older and the condition usually occurs in people over the age of 65 years old
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Mandatory Unit Understand and meet the nutritional requirements of individuals with dementia (DEM 302) Outcome 1 1.) Describe how cognitive‚ functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating‚ drinking and nutrition. Cognitive behaviour is thought processing‚ which is caused by brain damage‚ effecting parts of the brain responsible for memory and how to eat and talk. This means that a person with dementia can forget how important it is to eat and drink‚ which means they may also
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Understand and meet the nutritional requirements of individuals with dementia Outcome 1 Understand the nutritional needs that are unique to individuals with dementia. 1.Cognitive means the affect that dementia has on thinking skills eg memory‚ understanding etc. Functional is about the ability to perform actions such as feeding themselves. Emotional is about how they feel and react eg confusion can cause distress and aggression. As dementia progresses‚ eating and drinking can become
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DESCRIBE A RANGE OF COURSE OF DEMENTIA SYNDROME. The number of different types of dementia is; Benson’s syndrome (also called Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA)) Alzheimer’s disease Primary Progressive Aphasia (A type of Fronto-temporal dementia) Lewy body Disease (Also known as Dementia with Lewy bodies) Picks disease (A type of Fronto-temporal dementia) Binswangers Disease. ( A type of vascular dementia) Niemann-Pick disease type C Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease HIV Brain related impairment
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We all complain about things in our lives‚ whether it’s our job‚ people in our lives‚ little inconveniences‚ the state of the world...we all like to complain when things are not like we want them to be. It is how we express our unhappiness and dissatisfaction. But shall we complain so much? In my opinion‚ sometimes we can complain but not often‚ because complain is not a good way to solve problem. First‚ a skimpy complaint is of little value. Just take the instances given in the text as an example
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Task a 103 1. Explain how individuals with dementia may communicate through their behaviour. Dementia sufferers communicate in many different ways. They may not be able to speak but they can communicate non-verbally with positive or negative behaviour. They can also communicate using body language and through posture. One service user who was blind was hard to settle‚ because he couldn’t see it was hard to communicate‚ he was unable to express himself verbally and he was very anxious and
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understand the diversity of individuals with dementia and the important inclusion 1.1 A) The term diversity means to understand and not showing prejudice‚ valuing the benefits of someone being different from ourselves‚ understanding one’s own beliefs and their effects on others‚ not making assumptions‚ understanding the basics of discrimination like gender‚ race‚ age‚ sexuality‚ disability‚ social class. B) Anti-discriminatory practice means to make sure individuals are treated equally‚ promote
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1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome Dementia can be caused by damage to or changes in the brain. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause this is when there is progressive loss of nerve cells without known cause. Stroke is the second most common cause of dementia. Dementia caused by stroke is called vascular dementia. CJD is also a form of dementia which is caused by prion disease. Prions are proteins which are found in mammals. When the proteins group together in the brain‚
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Understand and meet the nutritional requirements of individuals with dementia. Outcome 1 1) describe how cognitive‚ functional and emotional changes 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
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