365 Understand the process and experience of Dementia 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome The dementia syndrome is caused by combination of conditions such as specific diseases like Alzheimer’s‚ Parkinson’s or motor neurone disease. It can also be caused by having stroke and prolonged alcohol abuse. 1.2 Describe the types of memory impairment commonly experienced by individuals with dementia frontal lobe – The person may have difficulty thinking clearly‚ struggle with forming
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Process Recording – Jim and Harriet When I read the case-study‚ I made a few hypotheses: Jim really appreciates Harriet and the work she does He genuinely wanted to give her the merit raise but couldn’t say no opr wasn’t able to explain the financial difficulties to her He was angry with himself for delaying the decision that he knew he had to make because he felt guilty He didn’t want to give her a written reprimand but felt he had to in order not to lose face with his office staff He has
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Chapter I Introduction Recording system is an information storage system‚ which is the authoritative data source for a given data element or piece of information. Where the integrity of the data is vital‚ a data element must either be linked to‚ or extracted directly from its system of record. Since the proponent will be developing a recording system it will help the company in gaining accuracy and efficiency. Project Context UYsome! Enterprise was established
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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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As we age‚ most individuals are capable of living normal‚ high functioning lives. It is their abilities to adapt to such changes whether it be physical‚ psychological‚ or situational that allows such a lifestyle. It is when some individuals are incapable of adapting that causes not only physical illnesses but emotional ones as well. There are some who rely on professional support to live their lives. According to Ferrini‚ mental health is described as the ability to engage in productive activities
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are over 17‚000 younger people with dementia in the UK. There are over 25‚000 people with dementia from black and minority ethnic groupsin the UK. There will be over a million people with dementia by 2021. Two thirds of people with dementia are women. The proportion of people with dementia doubles for every 5 year age group. One third of people over 95 have dementia. 60‚000 deaths a year are directly attributable to dementia. Delaying the onset of dementia by 5 years would reduce deaths directly
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Understanding Dementia Dementia is not a disease but a group of conditions resulting from a disease such as Alzheimer’s and Vascular dementia or a group of symptoms which may result from age‚ brain injury‚ confusion‚ difficulty in performing day to day or familiar tasks‚ changes in personality‚ mood and behaviour. Dementia is a condition in which there’s a gradual loss of brain function‚ it is a decline in cognitive/intellectual functioning. Dementia causes permanent and progressive damage to
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Understand the process and experience of dementia (DEM 301) Level: 3 Credit value: 3 UAN: J/601/3538 Unit aim This unit provides the knowledge of the neurology of dementia to support the understanding of how individuals may experience dementia. Learning outcomes There are three learning outcomes to this unit. The learner will: 1. Understand the neurology of dementia 2. Understand the impact of recognition and diagnosis of dementia 3. Understand how dementia care must be underpinned by a person
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Understand the Process and experience of Dementia 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome There are several causes of dementia some of them are; a stroke‚ brain disease‚ MS‚ certain medications‚ shrinkage of the brain‚ too many opiates over a long period of time and severe alcoholism 1.2 Describe the types of memory impairment commonly experienced by individuals with dementia Dementia can cause the sufferer to experience loss of mental ability‚ loss of memory‚ a reduced
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Dementia awaress essay 1.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.The term ‘dementia’ is often misunderstood and some people use the terms ‘senile’‚ ‘dementia’ and ‘Alzheimer’s’ interchangeably‚ thinking that they are one and the same thing. 2.Key functions of the brain that are affected by
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