Understand the process and experience of dementia. 1. Understand the neurology of dementia. 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome. The Cambridge dictionary describes dementia as “ medical condition that affects especially old people‚ causing the memory and other mental abilities to gradually become worse‚ leading to confused behaviour”. Basically dementia is a serious deterioration in mental functions such as memory‚ language‚ orientation and judgement. This illness however
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Unit 4222-237 Dementia awareness (DEM 201) Outcome 1 1. Dementia is not an illness or disease in itself ‚ but is a broad term which describes a range of signs and symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by certain disease and conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease or vascular dementia. 2. AREA OF THE BRAIN KEY FUNCTIONING that could be affected by dementia Frontal lobe Movement ‚ emotional behaviour ‚ personality interpretation and feeling Parietal lobe Language ‚ spacial awareness and
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suffering from dementia. This is where the loss of thinking‚ memory‚ and reasoning skills are taking place‚ and a person is significantly impaired to carry out their daily tasks. Symptoms include the inability to remember information‚ asking the same questions over and over again‚ becoming lost or confused in familiar places‚ being unable to follow directions‚ or neglecting personal safety‚ hygiene‚ or nutrition (National Institute on Aging‚ 2009). Some types of dementia include; vascular dementia which is
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suffers with dementia and is cared for in her home. I will describe the range of needs of the older person and my understanding and application of concept associated with caring for an older person with Dementia. Dementia is the umbrella term used to describe various conditions which cause brain cells to die‚ leading to the progressive deterioration in memory and the ability to carry out everyday activities such as washing‚ dressing‚ eating‚ and completing complex tasks. Dementia may also affect
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In this modern time‚ the demand for care placement for elderly particularly with dementia patient is increasing thus‚ provision of proper nutrition is very vital. The rate of malnutrition for older people in care homes and hospitals are increasing especially those with dementia simply because the sufferers are not eating enough and this may cause difficulties for the carers. This article discuss some contributing factors that can seriously affect unplanned weight loss‚ how to overcome these problems
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Understand the process and experience of dementia 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome Dementia is a term describing a wide range of symptoms associated with the decline of the memory‚ or other cognitive or sensorial skills that reduce a person’s ability to perform day by day activities. This term refers to Alzheimer disease‚ Vascular dementia‚ Dementia with Lewy bodies‚ Parkinson’s disease‚ Creutzfeldt-Jakobs disease‚ Huntington’s disease in the same time. What causes this range
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11 December 2012 Dementia affecting the lives of many Sometimes the word Dementia can be quite scary to hear and quite frankly it is pretty scary to hear. Many people don’t really take the time to stop and realize that it might be something that can be life threating and without them even knowing they might already be having some of the early symptoms. There is no such thing as going in to the doctor to early and getting checked out for dementia. Once someone gets dementia there is no way on
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Delirium vs. Dementia Dementia is an irreversible state of cognitive impairment and short term memory loss related to organic brain disease most commonly Alzheimer’s disease or multiple cerebral infarcts. Delirium is a state of cognitive impairment and confusion usually of recent onset related to another illness. There may also be clouding of consciousness. Delirium is an organic mental disorder that causes confusion‚ disorientation‚ and memory loss. It is different than dementia in that is causes
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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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Understanding Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease Dealing with Dementia and the progression of Alzheimer’s disease through its three stages is often a daunting and distressing task. Most often relatives feel isolated and without help as if they were to be left alone‚ having no help to deal with the "unknown". They are also afraid of having to watch their loved ones become more and more distant‚ potentially losing a horrible battle with this disease. In order to help with this fear of the "unknown"
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