Exploring the impact of caring for a spouse with dementia on the older adult Caring for a spouse with dementia poses significant challenges and many studies report considerable impacts on both the physical and mental health of caregivers. DSM-IV criteria for dementia: “Memory deficit that can be demonstrated objectively on cognitive testing. At least one other cognitive deficit such as aphasia (abnormal speech)‚ executive function impairment (difficulty with planning‚ judgment‚ mental flexibility
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Care Theory Compare and Contrast Paper Pamela Morales HCS 350 July 11‚ 2011 Care Theory Compare and Contrast Paper Jean Watson’s Theory of human caring is based on transpersonal relationships and developing a caring environment that offers the development potential while allowing the person to choose the best course of action. Through interactions with others we learn how to recognize ourselves in others. Watson believes that through these interactions humanity is preserved. John Paley’s article
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Ethic of Care Theory Ethic of Care is a theory of how we care for other people around us. It prompts us of the value of human relationship. Ethic of Care theory places moral value on communities as well as persons and asserts that one action take place in the context relationship. Our decisions should consider existing relationships and often carry out via social action. However‚ Ethic of Care does not support a dependency relationship between people but it is about maintaining a relationship of
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Theories of leadership have not been developed within the health care settings but were established in the business context and applied to the health care unit. So‚ the theories are dynamic in nature and will transform over the period of time. Health care organizations are composed of complex interfaces among large number of professionals with numerous roles. The unique structure of health care organizations usually follow the traditional or past practices that can resist to change (Kumar. R.D et
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I have research how economic theory concerning decisions in the face of imperfect knowledge affects demand in my current industry‚ which is the health care system. After several articles‚ most of them point to our shortage and demand of nursing staff. They have concluded that this has been ongoing problem since 1915. The article I found most interesting was Imbalance in the health workforce by Zurn‚ P.‚ Dal Poz‚ M. R.‚ Stilwell‚ B.‚ & Adams‚ O. What they describe is how this is an ongoing matter
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who intend real changes and outcomes that reflect their shared purposes” (Daft‚ 2015‚ p. 5). There cannot be an actual leadership experience without followers and followers need a leader to follow. As health care professionals it is beneficial to be aware of leadership styles and theories within our practice as it will help us to become better leaders (Gilitinane‚ 2013).The ideal leader has many traits and characteristics. A real leader understands the needs of the followers and the outcomes that
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10/06/2009 Question 2: What moral theories are the most important in the healthcare reform debate? The four moral theories which have been refereed in the book satisfy one or the other aspect of the ethical analysis and also keep the foundation for further analysis. However no theory satisfies all the relevant criteria. All the four theories have pointed out their ways and means to reach a decision which is correct and ethically considered. All the theories have reached some of the goals in the
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Understand the process and experiences of dementia. 1 Understand the neurology of dementia 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome. Dementia is a word used to describe a group of symptoms and difficult day-to-day tasks. There are many causes of dementia such as: Alzheimer’s disease Vascular dementia Frontotemporal dementia Dementia with lewy bodies Alzheimer’s being the most common one that people will know; basically dementia is a serious deterioration in the mental functions such
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knowledge of dementia was old because I have nursed for over thirty years and had not gained recent knowledge in this field‚ only through personal experience. Since 2008 I have worked on a private ward which includes a mixture of medical‚ surgical and palliative clients. Last year through Alzheimer’s WA I undertook the Dementia Champion course. The course provided a dementia file and instructed us on how to educate. The file emphasized that my knowledge base was absent across areas of dementia care including
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essential in any healthcare endeavour. It is my belief that one of the theories which will have the most significant impact on my future as a healthcare professional is that of embodiment. In the following essay I will elucidate the connection between my future healthcare practice and this ethical theory through drawing on important concepts and relating them to the healthcare setting. In the first half of this section‚ I will use this theory to explain how we are bodies‚ our bodies as our point of contact
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