These side effects may affect one person but not another. This would be hard to study as you can not say it is exactly one thing, and then you would have to look at the extraneous variables which affect each problem. However, this could also be good as it is not really being reductionist in its own approach; it is looking at all the possible individual differences. If choosing a different approach, like cognitive, then it would still be difficult because you do not know what the person is thinking. You would have to rely on the patient giving you the information for it not is socially desirable or have demand characteristics.
DEM 201 Task 1 Design an information booklet explaining to relative of the individuals you support What is meant by the term dementia? The term 'dementia' describes a set of symptoms which include loss of memory, mood changes, and problems with communication and reasoning. These symptoms occur when the brain is damaged by certain diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and damage caused by a series of small strokes. Dementia is progressive, which means the symptoms will gradually get worse. How fast dementia progresses will depend on the individual person and what type of dementia they have.
When one is in their twenties, their priority is not having a child but first finding a significant other to have a child with. For young cancer patients, the concerns are flipped, they must first decide if they may want to have a child even before they find significant other (V 4/19/13). This is where it can arise issues with a significant other in the future. The fact that one is infertile could break the relationship. For example in South Korea, there are relationships that end when because a person is infertile because they see no future for them.
It’s a disease that attacks the central nervous system where the main comments exists the brain and the spinal cord. Multiple Sclerosis is auto immune diseases that destroy that slow down the nerve conduction and destroy myelin. There hasn’t been a notable cause of MS but many associations’ factors genetics and environment. MS has many symptoms that’s difficulty to deal with they are majority physical symptoms, but there minority symptoms emotional. There are a lot of treatment options that a person with MS can do walking, eating right and cardio just to name a
1.3 Outline why legislation relating to employment exists. Legislation exists mainly to stop the exploitation of workers, it is important because it explains the rights of both the employer and the employees. Providing them with the proper channels to follow in case their rights are violated. It is good to have these
The cause of the brain cells dying and the deterioration of the connectors is not fully known. Vascular dementia is a form of dementia caused by damage to the brain through deprivation of oxygenated blood. Causes are preventable and include high blood pressure, heart problems, diabetes and high cholesterol. Rarer forms of dementia are Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and Biswanger’s disease. 1.2 Types of memory impairment Whilst long term memory loss is experienced, short term memory loss can cause more problems, although it is not the same in every case.
Healthcare settings need to develop a clear written workplace policy stating that harassment and discrimination are not tolerated and establish a process for hearing complaints while maintaining confidentially by appointing an appropriate ‘Contact Officer’ to deal with complaints. If we are going to work harmoniously with people from diverse backgrounds, we need to be tolerant and respectful about values, beliefs and religious practices, which may be very different from our own. The more we learn about other cultures, the more we can put ourselves in other people’s shoes and respect their position. When you and a co-worker do not agree, try looking at things from their perspective. (DOE&T
Plaques and tangles are believed to block communications to nerve cells which result in them dying. ("What is Alzheimer's?" Alzheimer's Association) After I read that I was kind of confused as to what the difference is between dementia and Alzheimer’s. I looked through this site some more to find out. I found that dementia is just any memory loss or mental disability that interferes with ones everyday life.
According to Idziak, the principle of double effect, “the act itself must be morally good or neutral, only the good consequences of the act must be intended, the good effect must not be produced by means of the evil effect, and there must be some weighty evil for permitting the evil” (p.16). Abortion due to the fetus having an abnormality falls under this category. Giving the fetuses life guarantees death and suffering in so many areas. According to Idziak, “Aborting an abnormal fetus prevents suffering for the child…giving life to the fetus would cause more harm to it than denying it life through abortion. Because of the poor quality of life, the child would have if born, abortion can be seen as being in the best interest of the child” (p.
(We slowly start to loose our brain cells as we age beyond our 20’s) Familydoctor, (2013). This is described as age related cognitive decline not dementia, Dementia is two or more forms of symptoms that are difficult enough to affect a persons ability to perform their activities of daily living. At the moment there is no medical cure for dementia, although there are treatment and medication that focus on reducing the severity of the symptoms while slowing down the progression