NVQ Level 2 Health and Social Care Katarzyna Nowaczewska Ace Homecare 2015 Unit 13 Dementia Awareness 1. Understand what dementia is 1.1 Explain what mean by the term "dementia" The word dementia describes a set of symptoms that may include memory loss and difficulties with thinking‚ problem-solving or language. Dementia is caused when the brain is damaged by diseases‚ such as Alzheimer ’s disease or a series of strokes. 1.2 Describe the key functions of the brain that are - affected by dementia
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GLOBAL AWARENESS While a single challenging incident in a cross-cultural setting does not come to mind‚ I have had many experiences with people from different traditions and backgrounds all through my life. On a personal level - dealing with different cultural norms‚ languages and traditions on a daily basis has become second nature to me and an intrinsic part of my personality. India is an amalgamation and a macrocosm of sub-cultures with multiple languages‚ customs‚ religions‚ food‚ music
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Psychologists believe everyone is a part of a culture or society and that these cultures can affect individual behaviour‚ they also believe that your role in society affects people’s behaviour. The effect of the social situation. It’s not just people that affect are behaviour but also the situation we are in. We change are behaviour to that of what we see acceptable for the situation we are in‚ whether it be formal or informal‚ or familiar or new.
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Voices.yahoo (2013‚ Surviving-embracing-cultural-diversity‚ www.voices‚yahoo.com ‚ accessed 21/10/2013 Peacecorps (2010)‚ Attitudes. www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators‚enrichment/culturemattoes.html‚ accessed 22/10/2013 Heacacademy (2013)‚ Cultural Awareness Hospitality & Tourism‚ www.heacademy.co.uk/assets/hist/resouceguides/‚ accessed 22/10/2013 Society-politics (2010).What-are-cultural-differences-‚ www.society-politics.blurtit.com/32767/‚ accessed 20/10/2013 Digitalscholarship (2008) Google‚ (2013)
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Unit 4222-237 Dementia awareness. 1.3. Depression‚ delirium and age related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia as they all share the many of the same symptoms as dementia. Below I will put the symptoms of all of these and you will see they are very similar. Symptoms of depression: -Anxiety‚ irritability‚ Delusions -Hallucinations -Increased or decreased body movements -Pacing‚ wringing their hands‚ pulling or rubbing their hair‚ body‚ or clothing -Sleep disturbance: difficulty
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1. (Directed Writing)—Reading Awareness 17‚Jalan 18/62B‚ Bandar Menjalara Kepong‚ 52200 Kuala Lumpur. 15 October 2010 Dear Mei Li‚ How are you? I hope you are in pink of health‚ we never contacted each other after the English Society Annual Dinner. I have attended a ‘Reading Awareness’ camp recently‚ this camp was organized by district education office. I feel this event is quite interesting‚ I want to share
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there is one thing that only continues to improve and that is access. Since the ADA’s laws have become stricter in regard to access‚ technology‚ communication‚ and resources continue to expand. Unfortunately‚ awareness is still gaining its reputation. One of the issues on behalf of awareness is the availability of understanding between a Deaf person and an officer. Since they are standing for the law‚ it is often time that they believe that they are doing the “right” thing on behalf of the law; however
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Autism Awareness Angi Reid Sisk ESE Instructor Pillar October 24‚ 2011 Autism Awareness Autism is a disability that affects thousands of children today. The causes are yet to be known but there are many theories floating around as to how children develop this disorder. More importantly than how they have gotten the diagnosis‚ is what can be done do to help them thrive in their educational environment. Many of these children are staring school and are faced with an entirely new set of challenges
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DEMENTIA AWARENESS 3.4 Identify prevelance rates for different types of dementia. Prevelance shows the number of new cases of dementia in a given time period. The well established prevelance rates for dementia in the UK are – 40-64 years - 1 in 1400 65-69 years – 1 in 100 70-79 years - 1 in 25 80+ - 1 in 6 It is estimated that by 2021 there will be one million people with dementia in the UK this is expected to rise to over 1.7 million people with dementia by 2051. A steady rather than
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Suicide Awareness Did you know that every 40 seconds someone in the world just committed suicide? Have you ever lost someone close to you that committed suicide? I have‚ and it was the hardest thing to believe and that you know them so well you wouldn’t even believe to think that they would do such a thing. The thought of the person you knew for a long time has finally vanished. The feeling of when someone just broke your heart. It was too emotional to express as if I am too shocked to say. The
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