The negative side of sensory loss is that they may find it hard to feed themselves, dressing themselves and that their mobility may deteariate. Also, hobbies and interests can have a negative impact on their lives. Some people may also feel alone and scared due to sensory loss. There is support for the deaf and blind to give them a better outlook on life. 1.4 Steps that can be taken to overcome the negative factors could be that you make sure all areas are clear of obstacles so therefore an individual with eye sight impairment might fall over or fall into.
Support individuals to manage continence 1 Understand factors that affect management of continence Explain how difficulties with continence can affect an individuals self esteem,health and their day to day activities. Incontinence can affect a person mentally as well as physically and have a negative effect on the persons self esteem which can cause social embarrassment,isolation,distress and depression. Incontinence can restrict a person activities with fear of an accident in public which can cause humiliation,embarrassment. 1.2 List common causes of difficulties with continence Hysterectomy painful bladder syndrome pregnancy and childbirth ageing Enlarged prostrate prostatitis bladder cancer bladder stones 1.3 Explain how an individuals personal beliefs and values may affect the management of incontinence An individuals beliefs and values may affect the management of continence it may be that an individual values and beliefs may lead them to request clinical procedures which others may feel are not in their best interests, they may also refuse treatment which would benefit them. Modesty is greatly valued in some religions and cultures which may prevent them from seeking help.
Culture Shock The stresses of moving to another country, acclimating to different social customs, language barriers combined with the lack of familiar comforts can often be a shock to the system. In the case of the Canadian Advisor he employs a Self-Serving Bias as a defence mechanism for culture shock. In order to cope with “Culture Shock”, he to some degree, imagines that he has integrated well with the host society and its’ culture despite putting in minimal effort to do so. Keith Campbell (2008), Attributions, deception, and event related potentials: An investigation of the self-serving bias. Psychophysiology notes that “Self-serving attributions occur when negative personal outcomes are ascribed to external circumstances and when positive outcomes are ascribed to internal factors.
CU2638 Support Individuals to manage continence 1.1. Explain how difficulties with continence can affect an individual’s self esteem, and their day to day activities. Some difficulties may affect an individual’s self esteem because they may feel embarrassed about it and become depressed about needing help this intern will effect day to day activities because the individual may not want to leave the house for fear of needing the toilet. 1.2. List common causes of difficulties with continence.
This may be very distressing for their family members, but it's a natural aspect of their memory loss. The person with dementia may be trying to interpret a world that no longer makes sense to them because their brain is processing information incorrectly. Sometimes the person with dementia and those around them will misinterpret each other's attempts at communication. These misunderstandings
Unit 393: Understand Sensory Loss Sensory loss is an impairment of any of the senses. Without probably realising we use these senses to carry out everyday life. Sensory loss can lead to isolation and frustration for individuals who suffer with these losses. Factors may be simple things we take for granted, for example people who have difficulty hearing and seeing may not be able to enjoy watching TV, a telephone conversation, or be able to distinguish between people’s faces and so on. People’s attitudes and beliefs towards people with sensory difficulties may impact negatively on individuals as they may assume that they lack understanding; quite often it may be those who are making assumptions who are acting incorrectly in accordance with the impairment; for example, people may use a raised voice when speaking to someone with a visual impairment.
Radio Conflict Being mentally challenged has internal and external conflicts. Although you may think it is just a random disorder, it can be very stressful to those who may have it. Society is not always treating those who do with the appropriate respect. Michael Tollin helps the world open their eyes and realize the struggles and heartache this is that goes along with being mentally challenged. In the movie, “Radio” by Michael Tollin, internal and external conflicts are revealed.
The more severe symptoms include: hallucinations, hiding things, paranoia, violence, and wandering. Wandering is particularly hazardous because the person with sundowners will unexpectedly be missing and may not know where he or she is going or why. People with sundowner’s dementia have turned up lost and unable to find their way back home. So proper identification is recommended. They may also mimic you by following you around and doing everything you do, ask you questions over and over, interrupt you when you’re speaking to someone else, and they may also lose their full language abilities or abstract thoughts that may become difficult for you to
I am not like everyone else because I’m deemed, “socially awkward.” How are you unique? I’m unique because of social anxiety, I guess… Have you noticed that some seem to reject interactions with you, whereas others seem quite open to interacting with you? Yes, the first question is spot on! I can relate to it very much so. Chapter 8: Culture and Health Critical Thinking Questions Think back to when you were growing up.
The loss of cognitive function can also cause one to lose their ability to love an independent life. For the people that suffer from memory loss it can make everyday life very difficult for them. When you look at memory loss the onset can come very gradually or in some cases it can come on very suddenly. The loss of memory can also be referred to as amnesia. When you define memory loss it is defined as the inability to recall events from the past.