Lewy Body Dementia Lewy Body Dementia‚ also known as LBD‚ is a topic that hits home for me. My grandfather passed away a year ago and was originally diagnosed with LBD. My family had never heard of such a disease before it personally affected us. As I further researched the medical condition I came to discover that not being aware of this disease was not really an uncommon thing. Actually‚ it is considered to be extremely difficult to diagnose. LBD has close relations with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
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types of dementia In this assignment I am going to be describing 3 different types of dementia. I will be looking at Alzheimer’s disease‚ Vascular dementia and Lewy body dementia. I will be looking at what these dementias are‚ what the signs are and what the symptoms are. Dementia is a common condition that affects 800‚000 people in the UK‚ someone’s risk of developing dementia increases as you get older and the condition usually occurs in people over the age of 65 years old. Dementia is a syndrome
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Dementia awareness -CU238P What is dementia? Dementia is a gradual loss of brain functions. The most common form of dementia is caused by Alzheimer’s disease but there are many other forms of dementia including: alcohol related dememtias‚vascular dementia‚ frontotemporal dementias and Lewy body dementia. Key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia. Each case of dementia is different. The area of the brain affected will depend on the type of dementia. Dementia can affect every
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Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. It includes memory loss‚ difficulties with thinking‚ problem-solving or language‚ and etc. Brain damage due to symptoms by certain diseases is result of Alzheimer’s. Alois Alzheimer was the first person who describes the disease. It is a physical disease and also a progressive disease that affects the human brain. It slowly damages the parts of the brain‚ at first it is generally mild but they get worse over time and start to get involved
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Dementia is a progressive disorder that will affect how you’re brain functions and particularly your ability to remember‚ think and reason. Dementia usually affects older people and are approximately 820‚000 people in the UK with the disorder‚ and around 15‚000 are under the age of 65. If the dementia is recognised early enough that are a lot of things that you can be done to make the quality of life better. In a lot of dementia cases the symptoms and quality of life will progress and get worse over
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| | | | | | | |Unit 313. Equality‚ diversity and inclusion in dementia care and practice. | | | | | | | |Q1(1.1) Explain why
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Dementia is a type of disorder that affects the central nervous system. It’s not a disease itself but a group of symptoms that characterize disease and conditions. It’s commonly defined as a decline in intellectual functioning that is severe enough to interfere with the ability to perform routine activities. It causes significant loss of intellectual abilities‚ such as memory capacity‚ severe enough to interfere with social or occupational functioning. Dementia‘s a general term that also includes
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Outline the psychosocial issues associated with Dementia Outline the psychosocial issues associated with Dementia Naturally‚ ageing is associated with ‘slowing down’‚ including changes in memory and cognitive functioning caused by physical changes in the central nervous system and brain structure. It has been established that good health behaviours‚ mental exercises and targeted treatment of some organic brain syndromes can help older adults maintain their good cognitive health (Hoffnung
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Outcome 1. Understand the concept of diversity and its relevance to working with individuals who have dementia. 1. Explain what is meant by the terms Diversity: This means difference and peoples differences are varied. Race‚ culture‚ age‚ marital status‚ politics and religion is all what makes us an individual. Anti-discriminatory practice: Action taken to prevent discrimination against people on the grounds of race‚ class‚ gender‚ disability etc. Anti-discriminatory practice promotes equality by
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Understand and enable communication Different forms of dementia may affect the way an individual communicates. People with alzheimers and most other types of dementia‚often suffer from short-term memory loss.This means that they may be unable to remember events that have just happened or they may repeat a question after just a few minutes.They may forget names or even forget who people are all together.This can cause communication issues as they may be unaware who they are talking to‚forget earlier
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