Dementia affects more than five million Americans. This illness affects the brain in totality‚ as we age it our brain begins to deteriorate. Our brain works like a network‚ nerve cells are designed to make contact with other nerve cells through dendrites‚ thus‚ creating a network. This is how messages are passed throughout the whole brain. Dementia occurs when there is an obstruction of plaque and tangles in the brain. Key protein’s that are affected by dementia are called: Amyloid
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coaches not take out a player that had a head trauma that could be a small ding to the head? If all coaches and trainers take out and check athletes that have any type of hits to their head even when they said they are fine and don’t show any signs of head trauma how that could’ve decrease deaths or long term injuries from head trauma. But how things should be or could be‚ as why don’t all schools give a test to all athletes to compare in case of head trauma? If they give this test like they do in the
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Unit 49 – Understand and Meet the nutritional needs of individuals with Dementia 1.1 People with Dementia will decline and their levels of functioning will deteriorate and will not be able to manage many tasks like preparing food‚ shopping‚ cleaning‚ washing‚ bathing and eating‚ this will gradually become worse. Cognitive changes will affect their ability to communicate‚ they will find it hard to listen‚ remember and interact with people and this will affect their diet. They many also find they
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Grief and Trauma Grief can be described as a collection of sorrow‚ misery and pain‚ which is usually followed by trauma. Grief and trauma are intensely expressed in the book‚ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie. The main Character‚ Arnold Spirit Junior experiences grief when his grandmother passes away due to a car incident. Following by the death of Eugene‚ a close family friend‚ and the tragedy of Mary‚ Junior and his parents are severely
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Describe a range of causes of DEMENTIA SYNDROME Dementia is a group of signs and symptoms that affect nerve cells‚ communication‚ Memory impairment‚ Language‚ Failure to recognise people. Dementia covers Alzheimer Disease‚ Vascular dementia with Lewy bodies‚ Pick disease and Huntington Disease. Describe the types of memory impairment commonly experienced by INDIVIDUALS with dementia Memory impairment affects individuals with a decline in memory function‚ loss of memory‚ Trouble in problem solving
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Enable rights and choices of individuals with dementia whilst minimising risks Assessment Criteria Outcome 1 Understand key legislation and agreed ways of working that support the fulfilment of rights and choices of individuals with dementia while minimising risk of harm The learner can: 1. explain the impact of key legislation that relates to fulfilment of rights and choices and the minimising of risk of harm for an individual with dementia 2. evaluate agreed ways of working that relate
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Outcome1 1.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is a group of symptoms known as a syndrome that is associated with an ongoing decline of the brain and its abilities which can include memory loss‚ the way of thinking and understanding of what is being communicated and also the change in language which they may not normally use. People with dementia may also become apathetic‚ finding it difficult to control how they are feeling or have problems behaving appropriately in social
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Complex trauma‚ or Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD)‚ is a form of repetitive‚ interpersonal trauma that often occurs during childhood‚ such as sexual abuse or domestic violence (Courtois‚ 2008). In 2015‚ 9.2 out of every 1000 children were reported as victims of neglect (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services‚ 2017). As these children develop into adulthood‚ evidence of complex trauma may appear in the form of cognitive and behavioral impairments‚ as well as various mood and personality
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Observation: Researches have shown that trauma has long-term negative effect on physical and mental health‚ such as diabetes and heart disease. It also leads to the formation of personality and individuals with certain traits may have stronger reaction to experience of trauma. According to a study that was conducted in the US‚ women who reported physical childhood abuse‚ not mental abuse‚ had double the risk of having metabolic syndrome. In another words‚ all forms of trauma have different effects on health
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Transfer of learning is the study of the dependency of human conduct‚ learning‚ or performance on prior experience. The notion was originally introduced as transfer of practice by Edward Thorndike and Robert S. Woodworth. They explored how individuals would transfer learning in one context to another context that shared similar characteristics – or more formally how "improvement in one mental function" could influence another related one. Their theory implied that transfer of learning depends on
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