Cerebrum and Dementia Syndrome Dementia

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Understand the process and experience of dementia DEM 301 3 3 22 31/03/2015 J/601/3538

Unit purpose and aim
This unit provides the knowledge of the neurology of dementia to support the understanding of how individuals may experience dementia. Learning Outcomes The learner will: 1 Understand the neurology of dementia Assessment Criteria The learner can: 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome Exemplification Dementia Syndrome Dementia caused by a combination of conditions, sometimes called a mixed dementia Causes of dementia syndrome:  specific diseases eg Alzheimer’s, motor neurone disease, Parkinson’s disease  cerebral vascular accident eg stroke in the brain  a group of conditions/brain disorders An individual is someone requiring care or support Types of memory impairment:  frontal lobe  parietal lobe  occipital lobe  temporal lobe Processing information:  visual processing © OCR 2010

1.2 Describe the types of memory impairment commonly experienced by individuals with dementia

1.3 Explain the way that individuals process information with reference to the abilities and limitations of individuals with dementia

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Assessment Criteria The learner can:

Exemplification  occipital lobe body movement, language, spatial awareness and recognition - parietal lobe auditory processing, language, words and memory - temporal lobe higher intellectual functioning, planning, judging, controlling - frontal lobe the brain as an entire system if one part is not working at the individual’s normal level - causes confusion, hallucinations, delusions, misidentifications, false beliefs, reality drifting into the past

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1.4 Explain how other factors can cause changes in an individual’s condition that may not be attributable to dementia

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1.5 Explain why the abilities