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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Manifestations of Dementia Melinda Godfrey GNUR543 St. John Fisher College Mrs. Yowell is a 90-year-old woman who is a resident of a long-term care facility. She was alert and mentally quite capable until about a year ago when she began to manifest signs and symptoms of dementia. A review of her medical records failed to document a thorough analysis of her dementia‚ but a diagnosis of “probable Alzheimer disease” was recorded. What are the common manifestations of dementia? The definition
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Contents Action Plan Time Table Page 2 Weekly Action Plan Page 3 – 7 Plan Structure Page 8 Provisional List of Resources Page 9 Dissertation Page 10 – 27 References Page 28 – 30 Presentation
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of Caring By: Shari Semelroth RN‚ BSN Mennonite College of Nursing Abstract Do we honestly make an effort to improve the environment‚ care‚ medical treatment‚ and interactions with those patients who are suffering a loss? Do we adequately provide the care that they need? These questions are answered in Swanson’s Middle Range Theory of Caring. We examine the five caring processes and their applications to one’s daily nursing routines. Many healthcare organizations have adopted the caring theory
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NURSING AS CARING 1 Boykin and Schoenhofer: Theory of Nursing as Caring NURSING AS CARING 2 Introduction The theory of Nursing as Caring was developed by Anne Boykin and Sarvina Schoenhofer. In the late 1980’s‚ the two were involved in research involving elements of caring and the practical implications of caring elements when they discovered there was little to no research or literature in this area. Caring and its
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Clinical History Comprehensive: Nursing Home‚ dementia‚ diarrhea DOB: 3-17-13 March 14‚ 1995 ANNUAL H&P DICTATION – Completed/Dictated 3-9-95 CODE STATUS: DNR/DNI This resident is an 81-year-old gentleman who is pleasant and cooperative but not a good historian due to his dementia. Chief complaint: Resident has been having diarrhea according to his records for the past week‚ since the 24th of February. He has been having two to three large loose brown stools per day primarily
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Theory of Human Caring Jean Watson’s theory focuses on caring. Caring is the center of this entire way of thinking‚ and by putting caring first our patients is made the priority. Watson’s theory is founded on the transpersonal relationship. Transpersonal relationships are influenced by the caring consciousness and intentionality of the nurse as she or he enters the life space or phenomenal field of another person and is able to detect the other person’s condition (Watson caring science institute
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assignment will review literature pertaining to theoretical perspectives of nursing‚ arguing that while our society may be less caring‚ Registered Nurses‚ even though now university education are not less caring‚ than those who were hospital trained. They are however much more technically competent. Shields (1991) reviewing Sister M. Simone Roach’s book "The human act of caring. A blueprint for the health professions" (1987) suggests that the central theme of Roach’s book is an analysis of how the
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Caring in Nursing Compassion and Caring Every individual has his/her own unique perception of caring. There are so many ways to show caring that the possibilities are endless. Nurses are often associated with caring because they support‚ comfort‚ and help the patient recover to the best of their ability. Their experiences dealing with different patients that have unique situations on a daily basis help them become better caregivers. Personally I have had several experiences with some great nurses
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The topic I chose for my research paper was dementia. I was interested in this topic because it came to my attention that my grandmother‚ who is in her early 70’s‚ was showing signs of dementia. I wanted to research it so I could find out for about it. Before I researched dementia I only knew a handful of things about treatments‚ symptoms‚ and causes. However‚ after I researched‚ I found out things that I would never would have imagined to be true. Before I started my research I was hoping to learn
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