Unit 4222-237 Dementia Awareness (DEM 201) 1.1 – Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ The term dementia describes a set of symptoms which include loss of memory‚ mood changes and problems with communication and reasoning. These symptoms occur when the brain is damaged by numerous certain diseases. Dementia is progressive‚ which means the symptoms will gradually get worse. How fast dementia progresses will depend on the individual person and what type of dementia they have. Each person
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Principles of Dementia Care. Unit 1. Q1. Explain what is meant by the term ’dementia’ Dementia is a broad term used to describe the symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by specific diseases and conditions.Dementia is a progressive disease and the symptoms will get gradually worse. | Q2. Describe how dementia can affect a person if the following areas of the brain are damaged by dementia. Area of Brain | How damage to this area might affect a person with dementia | Frontal lobe
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The Outlook South West book for... Dementia carers DEMENTIA CARERS WHAT IS DEMENTIA It is estimated that there are currently 820‚000 people with dementia living in the UK alone and this is set to rise over the next 30 years. As a carer‚ you are one of over six million people in the UK who provide practical and emotional support for someone close to you. Caring for someone with dementia‚ can at times be a challenging and demanding experience. Whilst there are often many rewarding times‚ carers
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MarketOptimizer.org adds report “Vascular Dementias Global Clinical Trials Review‚ H2‚ 2014” to its store. Vascular dementia or "multi-infarct dementia" is dementia caused by problems in the supply of blood to the brain‚ typically by a series of minor strokes. Vascular dementia is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in older adults. Multi-infarct dementia (MID) is thought to be irreversible and it is caused by a number of small strokes or sometimes a large stroke
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1. The journal “Nurse empathy and the care of people with dementia” was about incorporating the need for understanding and empathy for individuals with dementia. It has become evident that there are barriers that prevent patients from receiving quality care from the nurses. For instances‚ the abuse the nurses receive from patients and being overworked; however‚ this can be fixed by further education and the support from staff and management. In this journal‚ it is important for nurses to give empathy
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CU 1682: Understand and enable interaction and communication with individuals who have dementia: Understand the factors that can affect interactions and communication of individuals with dementia: 1.1: Explain how different forms of dementia may affect the way an individual communicates: Forms of dementia are all different therefore the individuals will be affected in different ways when it comes to communication‚ for example; one individual may find it difficult to express their words
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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 how they are feeling. Depression can closely link with dementia and sometimes
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Care in Dementia and the Six Senses Framework Number of Words: 4193 Work which is submitted for assessment must be your own work. All students should note that the University has a formal policy on plagiarism which can be found at http://www.quality.stir.ac.uk/ac-policy/assessment.php. Anticipating and enhancing the health and wellbeing of the older person with dementia in hg HWOP02 A1 Alzheimer’s Scotland (2014) estimate that there are 88‚000 people in Scotland with dementia and
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NAME: VICTORIA SPENCER TITLE: UNIT 52 DATE: 16/09/12 Understand that each individual’s experience of dementia is uniqueExplain why it is important to recognize and respect an individual’s heritage | LO 11.1 | Sofia is an 87-year-old Greek woman who migrated to Australia with her husband in 1951. Her husband passed away 10 years ago and she has four adult children. Sofia’s health has deteriorated gradually over the past 10 years and she is finding it increasingly difficult to care for herself
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Understand the nutritional needs that are unique to individuals with dementia 1.1 - Describe how cognitive functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating drinking and nutrition: Cognitive: if cognitive ability is impaired a patient could forget to eat‚ or think they aren’t being fed at all as well as forgetting to drink etc‚ they may also leave cookers or other hot things on as they have forgotten they have put them on‚ Functional: They may not be able to feed
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