Tag: Dementia
The definition of dementia in global terms states that it is an umbrella term describing a variety of progressive in nature symptoms including problems with memory, reasoning, understanding, learning and speech, that are caused by the impact of this disease on the brain and will impair the functioning of the person in their daily living activities.
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Dementia Care Training for Nurses
Nursing Essays
Improving Dementia Care Training for Registered General Nurses and Adult Student Nurses: examining the need, efficacy, content and barriers. This Independent Project aims to explore the efficacy of c...
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Caring for the Dementia Patient: Evidence Based Practice
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Lisa Krier The population of elderly people in society is continually increasing, which places demands on the health care system. Drugs are extensively used in the elderly, and when the patients...
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Safeguarding Dementia Patients
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Introduction All nurses have a duty of care to their patients (Brooker and Waugh, 2013). Nurses are expected to play a safeguarding role, recognising vulnerable patients and protecting them from harm,...
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Individual Patient Care in Dementia
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A nurse’s role focuses on the help, care and support given to their patients whilst treating people as individuals and upholding their dignity (The NMC code, 2015). In this essay I will discuss the...
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Care Needs for Patient with Dementia
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Introduction In this assessment I’m going to look at Dementia, explain what is it and what the effects are. I’m going to explore the person needs in relati...
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Efficacy of Memantine on Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms Related to Dementia
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Critical Appraisal of the article Efficacy of Memantine on Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms Related to Dementia: A Systematic Meta-Analysis. The aim of the review conducted was to...
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Comparison between Dementia and Delirium
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Presentation: Dementia and delirium are two common neurological conditions with varying similarities and differences. Dementia is a neurodegenerative condition with a slow onset ( Fong,...
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Dementia and Treatment as it Applies to Speech Language Pathology
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Etiology The term dementia refers to an umbrella term that describes conditions that affect several aspects of cognition due to neurons in the brain (Alzheimer’s Association, 2014). Sp...
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Dementia Interventions And Implications Health And Social Care Essay
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Dementia is one of the leading causes of nonfatal disability in the developed world and by 2030 it is predicted that dementia will be the third leading cause of the years of life lost due to de...
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Family Intervention Of Dementia Health And Social Care Essay
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The word dementia is an umbrella term which describes a serious deterioration in mental functions, such as memory, language, orientation and judgement. Numerous definition of dementia has been sugges...
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Development of Care Plan for Person with Dementia
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Specific Needs of the Older Person Introduction Dementia is characterized by cognitive decline or behavioral (neuropsychiatric) changes in relation to a previou...
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Research on Dementia and Memory Cafés
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Research into how effective activities in memory café are for individuals with Dementia when considering cognition and dexterity. A Research on Dementia and Memory Cafés Intro...
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Challenges of Dementia Care and Patient Awareness
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Abstract Dementia is a controversial issue in the medical field today. Dementia is defined as “a loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occup...
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Challenges in Caring for Dementia Patients
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INTRODUCTION Dementia consists of a lot of symptoms that include lowering ability to do routine or familiar tasks, impairment of the memory, reasoning and judgment, behavior and mood changes. However...
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Strength Based Models for People With Dementia
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The strength based model represents a paradigm shift — a movement away from a deficit based model which is one that can lead to a long list of the things that are considered to be ‘wrong’ with ...
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Person Centred Care for Dementia Patients
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Ingrid Joy Moreno Castaneda Abstract This paper presents the different aspects of person-centred approach in the promotion of health to the elderly with dementia and other geriatric health condi...
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Strategies for Elderly Care and Dementia
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INTRODUCTION There is often a stigma for people who have dementia because of the poor understanding of dementia and how to provide care for them. Although there is a strong association between dement...
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Effect of Alzheimer’s on the Family
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Alzheimer’s: the effect on the family Introduction Alzheimer is a medical problem that can also be termed as a type of dementia. A patient who suffers from Alzheimer experiences problems in regard ...
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Effectiveness of Music Therapy for Dementia Patients with Anxiety
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CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR-(CB- SUMMATIVE ASSIGNMENT) INTRODUCTION- (200 WORDS) In my assignment, I will be looking at the music therapy intervention and how effective it is in peopl...
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