Dementia Awareness Dementia is a word used to describe a group of symptoms including memory loss‚ confusion‚ mood changes and difficulty with day-to-day tasks. There are many causes of dementia. The brain‚ along with the spinal cord‚ makes up the central nervous system‚ and it is this that controls all of our body’s functions. Within the brain there are billions of nerve cells that are known as neurons. These neurons communicate with each other and with other parts of the body by sending
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4222-237/DEM 201 Dementia Awareness Outcome 1 1. Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is a long term condition that mainly affects people over the age of 65 although there are forms of dementia that can affect people younger than this. The term dementia covers a range of symptoms‚ the combination of which depends on the type of dementia and the parts of the brain that are affected. 2. Explain what the key functions of the brain are that are affected by dementia Frontal lobe –
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8. Describe person centred care. Person centred care is about caring for the person‚ rather than the illness. Person-centred caring is about maintaining the persons dignity. It’s about learning what things the patient responds well to‚ and treating them like a human being. Person-centred care involves tailoring a person’s care to their interests‚ abilities‚ history and personality. This helps them to take part in the things they enjoy and can be an effective way of preventing and managing behavioural
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Dementia is a type of disorder that affects the central nervous system. It’s not a disease itself but a group of symptoms that characterize disease and conditions. It’s commonly defined as a decline in intellectual functioning that is severe enough to interfere with the ability to perform routine activities. It causes significant loss of intellectual abilities‚ such as memory capacity‚ severe enough to interfere with social or occupational functioning. Dementia‘s a general term that also includes
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street is an example of one of those external factors. IAS 36.6 explains impairment and how to record impairment. Under IFRSs IAS 36.66‚ the recoverable amount of cash-generating units (CGUs) should be determined for the individual asset. Therefore‚ a recoverability test must be done. 2) As of U.S. GAAP 360-10-35-17‚ when reporting to its U.S. based lender as of December 31‚ 2010‚ Ida should record $600 for impairment on the U.S. commercial building. Under GAAP‚ one must compare the fair value
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Definition: Dexterity Impairment (Arms/Hands/Fingers) Reduced function of arms and hands makes activities related to moving‚ turning or pressing objects difficult or impossible. This does not influence speech communication itself but makes it hard to make a phone call or use a wide range of other equipment. Big button phones‚ text-to-speech and other handy products If you have problems with dexterity you don’t have to struggle with small buttons or fiddly switches. Many of our phones have
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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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HEARING IMPAIRMENT Prepared by: Heralyn Tabada Alberca BEED II-3 HEARING IMPAIRMENT Hearing Impairment -the hearing loss that adversely affects educational performance and thereby makes the child eligible for Special Education. (IDEA) Hearing Loss -a degree of hearing loss on a continuum for mild to profound. Hard of Hearing -is a her\aring loss that makes it difficult but not impossible to understand speech through the ear alone‚ with or without hearing aid. Deaf
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communication with individuals who have dementia: Understand the factors that can affect interactions and communication of individuals with dementia: 1.1: Explain how different forms of dementia may affect the way an individual communicates: Forms of dementia are all different therefore the individuals will be affected in different ways when it comes to communication‚ for example; one individual may find it difficult to express their words where as another individual may speak more fluently
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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 of Manchester‚ UK article info abstract Article history: Working memory deficits are a recognised feature of
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