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    1.1 Describe how cognitive‚ functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating‚ drinking and nutrition? Cognitive: depending on the type of dementia a person has they may have trouble in recognising the food in front of them or not understand that the food provided is for them‚ they may even view the food in front of them as food. This can be caused by their minds not recognising what is in front of them. Functional: depending on the type of dementia a person has they may

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    term ‘dementiaDementia is a group of symptoms known as a syndrome that is associated with an ongoing decline of the brain and its abilities which can include memory loss‚ the way of thinking and understanding of what is being communicated and also the change in language which they may not normally use. People with dementia may also become apathetic‚ finding it difficult to control how they are feeling or have problems behaving appropriately in social settings/situations. Different types of dementia

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    4222-370] ( Written questions [Outcome 1] Understand the concept of diversity and its relevance to working with individuals who have dementia 1.1- explain what is meant by the terms • diversity The Service Users i deliver care to are all different in many ways.This can be along the dimensions of gender‚ age‚ ethnicity‚ race‚ sexual orientation‚ socio-economic status‚ physical abilities‚ political beliefs‚ religious beliefs or other ideologies. This means that i have to be aware of a person’s

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    DEMENTIA AWARENESS Explain what is meant by the term Dementia The term ’dementiadescribes a set of symptoms which include loss of memory‚ mood changes‚ processing information and problems with communication and reasoning. These symptoms occur when the brain is damaged by certain diseases‚ including Alzheimer ’s disease and damage caused by a series of small strokes. Dementia affects older and younger people and the decline in the person will get worse as more brain cells are damaged or die

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    VISUAL IMPAIRMENT (Including Blindness) I. DEFINITION "Visual impairment including blindness" means an impairment in vision that‚ even with correction‚ adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness. This impairment refers to abnormality of the eyes‚ the optic nerve or the visual center for the brain resulting in decreased visual acuity. Students with visual impairments are identified as those with a corrected visual acuity of 20/70

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    Schmidt‚ MIBC 112‚ Unit 2‚ Assignment Dementia Dementia isn’t a specific disease. Instead‚ dementia describes a group of symptoms affecting thinking and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily functioning. Dementia involves damage of nerve cells in the brain‚ which may occur in several areas of the brain. Dementia may affect people differently‚ depending on the area of the brain affected. The factors that causes this

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    Cu1672 Understand and Meet the Nutritional Requirements of Individuals with Dementia 1.1 Describe how cognitive‚ functional and emotional changes associated 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

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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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    Characteristics of different memory types Cache memory Nehalem microarchitecture (Intel) Core i3 models (2 cores) 64 KB L1 cache (32 KB data + 32 KB instructions) per core; 256 KB L2 cache per core; 3 MB (mobile computer models) or 4 MB (descktop models) shared L3 cache memory; Core i5 models (2 i 4 cores) 64 KB L1 cache (32 KB data + 32 KB instructions) per core; 256 KB L2 cache per core; 3 MB‚ 4 MB‚ or 8 MB shared L3 cache memory; Core i7 models (4 cores) 64 KB L1 cache (32 KB data

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    term ‘dementiaDementia 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 are many different types of dementia

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