Music therapy in care for dementia Dementia is an extremely common disease among the elderly‚ with 4 million Americans currently suffering from the Alzheimer’s type alone. Figures show that 3% of people between the ages of 65-74 suffer from the disease‚ rapidly increasing to 19% for the 75-84 age bracket‚ and as high as 47% for the over 85s. Therefore‚ it is easy to see why Dementia is such a large part of many people’s lives‚ whether they are suffering from the condition themselves‚ or have
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65 years and over‚ and 3 in 10 people aged 85 years and over have dementia (Department of Health and Ageing‚ 2013). Over 320‚000 Australians are living with dementia. Dementia is now the second leading cause of death in Australia with no existing cure. Moreover‚ deaths due to dementia have increased approximately 137% over the past ten years‚ with nearly 11‚000 deaths recorded in 2013 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2014). Dementia is described as a ‘loss of self’ (Cohen & Eisdorfer‚ 1986) or a condition
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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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form of dementia and the signs and symptoms. Dementia Dementia is the name for a group of symptoms which arise from different disease that affect the brain. The brain is made up of millions of brain cells which send messages to each other. These messages tell the individual everything they need to know to cope with everyday life‚ such as how to move‚ what they are seeing‚ how to speak. They also store memories and control emotions - such as laughing and crying. In someone with dementia‚ some of
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Heritage Assessment Heritage assessment is quite crucial as it is used as a tool to acquire information about a community’s cultural background‚ traditions‚ spiritual life‚ lang8uage‚ health status and social life. Heritage assessment is employed in the healthcare sector for various functions like assessment of a people’s culture‚ providing awareness with regards to health restoration‚ protection and maintenance. Heritage assessment is also employed by the nursing fraternity in provision of medical
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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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Clinical decision making and end of life care The purpose of this essay is to discuss important aspects of clinical intervention in Australia health care settings and end of life care. A vast number of the population in Australia is ageing and numerous people suffer form chronic illnesses‚ they have more chances to die in the near future. As a consequence the focus of the end of life care resources is concentrated in the elderly and chronic sufferers. Resources such as financial‚ human and
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There are multiple reasons why medical care insurance can change out to be an important ingredient to make your life an extremely smooth prep. Among all the sorts of insurance available‚ perhaps this is one insurance that results in as the utmost fulfilling for the reason which it fills in proficiently when you unexpectedly need school funding the most. Lets picture yourself in times if you are down with a significant illness that will require someone to be bedridden for many times. Being away for
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To Be or Not Be Child Day Care I think that the research done by Tiffany fields‚ in the article “Today care or not today care: that is the question” answer a lot of question I had about daycare. does early child day care help with the social and development of an infant‚ is it really a step in the game‚ or is it just a waste of time for children to be in daycare from such a young age? Fields‚ conducts studies from early age on “quality infant day-care and grade school behavior and performance”
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importance of “safe and quality care” by using/incorporating one of the models described in the Amer book. Safe care is the first and foremost step in providing quality health care. However‚ safety alone does not ensure high quality nursing care. Risks and threats to safe quality care are abundant in the hospital setting. From overworked and under staffed nurses to ineffective communication‚ error causing factors makes safe quality care hard to come by and patient care is often compromised. In this
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