CU238P Dementia Awareness 1.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’. The term dementia is used to describe an illness that affects the memory. Patients can suffer from forgetfulness‚ loss of memory and the inability to remember new information. As well as being unable to speak and be understood by others and be unable to carry out general tasks. Patients can also suffer from mood changes and all reasoning. This all has an effect on daily routines and people become unable to look after
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Dementia Awareness Explain what is meant by the term ’dementia’ - Dementia is a name that best describes a collection of symptoms‚ which leads to a reduction in someone’s abilities and skills when carrying out day to day tasks‚ i.e. washing‚ dressing and cooking. Key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia - Areas of the brain that are affected by dementia are the Temporal‚ Parietal‚ Occipital and Frontal lobes. These all control functions of the brain such as memory‚ recognition sequencing
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Unit 40: Dementia Care P1: Describe types of dementia and common signs and symptoms. What is dementia? Dementia is a common condition that affects about 800‚000 people in the UK. Your risk of developing dementia increases as you get older‚ and the condition usually occurs in people over the age of 65. Dementia is a syndrome associated with an ongoing decline of the brain and its abilities. This includes problems with: memory loss thinking speed mental agility language understanding
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Understand and enable interaction and communication with individuals who have dementia Unit code: Dem 312 1. Understand the factors that can affect interaction and communication of individuals with dementia 1.2 Explain how physical and mental health factors may need to be consider when communicating with an individual who has dementia. There are many factors to consider such as pain‚ pain can cause misunderstandings as individuals may be in so much discomfort they cannot what they want and
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are over 17‚000 younger people with dementia in the UK. There are over 25‚000 people with dementia from black and minority ethnic groupsin the UK. There will be over a million people with dementia by 2021. Two thirds of people with dementia are women. The proportion of people with dementia doubles for every 5 year age group. One third of people over 95 have dementia. 60‚000 deaths a year are directly attributable to dementia. Delaying the onset of dementia by 5 years would reduce deaths directly
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Diversity and the Impact on Individual Behavior The closest definition to individual behavior is personality which is "the totality of an individual’s behavioral and emotional characteristics. Personality embraces a person’s moods‚ attitudes‚ opinions‚ motivations‚ and style of thinking‚ perceiving‚ speaking and acting. It is part of what makes each individual distinct" (Answers‚ 2007). Diversity within organizations can positively or negatively impact individual behavior. Diversity includes
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The Impact of Diversity on Individual Behavior The concept of diversity has broadened in scope in the recent past‚ evolving from the concept of mandated quotas and affirmative action‚ to the reality of a diverse workforce being capable of providing quantifiable business value. A variety of external factors have influenced the conceptual evolution of diversity within the workplace. For example‚ globalization of markets has provided the concept of diversity with an opportunity to demonstrate a clear
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The Impact of technology on individuals and the society THE IMPACTS OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE INDIVIDUALS AND THE SOCIETY People are divided into their beliefs on whether the overall effect on technology is positive or negative. I believe that technology has a negative effect on human society‚ while many others would disagree. People may believe that the overall effect of technology is good‚ but there are clearly dangers and drawbacks. Every new technology breeds unsuspected or unwanted side effects
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Diversity Impact on Individual Behavior Behavior refers to the actions or reactions of an object or organism‚ usually in relation to the environment. Behavior can be conscious or unconscious‚ overt or covert‚ and voluntary or involuntary. Behavior is controlled by the nervous system; the complexity of the behavior is related to the complexity of the nervous system. Generally‚ organisms with complex nervous systems have a greater capacity to learn new responses and thus adjust their behavior.
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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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