2. How the history of dementia care, or the media can mislead people's views on individuals living with dementia. 3. Identify facts and the misconceptions people have of those living with dementia. 4.
1. Explain how information about personality and life history can be used to support an individual to live well with dementia. The starting point for support should be to establish strong two-way communication. Listening carefully is vital to understand each individual’s experience of dementia and getting to know their needs, strengths and abilities. The aim should be to understand their past life before the onset of dementia as well as their current situation.
CU1681 Enable rights and choices of individuals with dementia whilst minimising risks 1.1 Explain the impact of key legislation that relates to fulfilment of rights and choices and the minimising of risk of harm for an individual with dementia Explain how the following legislation relates to an individual with dementia: The Human Rights Act 1998 The Mental Capacity Act 2005 The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 1.2 Evaluate agreed ways of working that relate to rights and choices of an individual with dementia You need to explain how your work policies and procedures take into consideration an individual’s (with dementia) rights. 1.2 Explain how and when personal information may be shared with carers and others, taking into account legislative frameworks and agreed ways of working What type of information needs to be passed on? Why does it need to be passed on? Who exactly would you pass it onto? How would you pass it on?
Unit 4222-237 Dementia Awareness Outcome 1 Understand what dementia is: 1.1 What is meant by the term ‘dementia’: The term 'dementia' is used to describe the symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by specific diseases and conditions. These include Alzheimer's disease and sometimes as a result of a stroke. 1.2 The key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia : Dementia is a condition of the brain which causes a gradual loss of mental ability, including problems with memory, understanding, judgement, thinking and language. In addition, other problems commonly develop such as changes in personality and changes in the way someone interacts with others in social situations. As dementia progresses, the ability of someone to look after themselves from day to day may also become affected.
People who care for dementia sufferers may find that as the illness progresses they will have to start discussions to get the person to make conversation. This is common. Their ability to process information gets progressively weaker and their responses can become delayed. Impaired depth perception, loss of vision, loss of colour vision, loss of contrast sensitivity and hallucinations are all problems that may be associated with dementia. As a carer non-verbal communication will become important, body language, facial expressions, gestures, eye contact and tone of voice will have to be taken into account when communicating with a sufferer.
Dementia Awareness Q1.1) Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’. A) Dementia is a term used to describe the symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by specific diseases and conditions. It’s a progressive disease that affected the brain’s cognitive functions. Q1.2) Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia. A) The key functions that are affected by dementia are vision, memory, hearing, language and learning, which the temporal lobe (bottom left front lobe of the brain) is responsible for.
Outcome 1 - Be able to communicate with individuals with dementia 1.1 Describe how memory impairment can affect the ability of an individual with dementia to use verbal language. There are many types of dementia with differing causes. Some cause loss of language early on, such as a stroke in the speech areas. Others may have a gradual decline with the service user having difficulty finding or using appropriate words or being able to put together complete sentences anymore. It’s important you speak clearly and make sentences as simple to understand as possible when giving a service user with dementia instructions.
explain how dementia may influence an individual’s ability to communicate and interact | | | | | | | | |2. identify other factors that may influence an individual’s ability to communicate and | | | | | | | | |interact | | | | | | | | |3. outline how memory impairment may affect the ability of an individual with dementia to use | | | | | | | | |verbal language | | | | | | |
Describe the key functions of the brain that are – affected by dementia The Brain Brain cells Spinal cord Frontal lobe Parietal lobe Temporal lobe Cerebellum Occipital lobe Explain why depression, delirium and age-related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia The above symptoms are very similar to Dementia and this is why people get mistaken, it is very important that an individual with symptoms gets assessed by a GP to determine the condition. Understand key features of the theoretical models of dementia 2.1 Outline the medical model of dementia Medical model of dementia is when a individuals memory is affected by a medical disease or condition or injury as a result of a brain trauma which affects an area of a individuals brain that is responsible for storing memory. 2.2 Outline the social model of dementia Social model of dementia is when a individuals brain is in a process of deterioration, this is a process that is ongoing and is done by illness. Individuals will struggle to remember places and people they have just made contact with minutes before. 2.3 Explain why dementia should be viewed as a disability Dementia should be viewed as a disability because people who suffer with dementia struggle to understand simple daily requirements such as
4. In deciding if a patient with dementia possesses adequate capacity with respect to making a particular decision, a clinical evaluation of the following functional abilities should be made 137 : a. Ability to express a