As dementia affects a person's mental abilities, they may find planning and organizing difficult. Being independent may also become a problem. A person with dementia will therefore usually need help from friends or relatives, including help with decision making. Most types of dementia can't be cured, but if it is detected early there are ways to slow it down and maintain mental function. Dementia is a collection of symptoms including memory loss, personality change, and impaired intellectual functions resulting from disease or trauma to the brain.
Disabilities may affect confidence and challenge social skills. Emotional If a child or young person is not emotionally secure it could impact on their development. A child or young person who is not shown any love, attention or support or even abused at home would suffer from low self esteem and have little or no confidence or value of themselves, causing them to have difficulties in socialising and participate in learning activities. Physical Physical influences include genetic conditions such as Cystic Fibrosis and Downs syndrome, which may affect a child or young persons development, which could be from problems caused by their condition such as growth and strength, meaning a child or young person may take longer to meet particular stages of development. Environmental The environment in which a child or young person lives may affect their development.
A few examples on what could have an effect are: * Physical health: feeling unwell with a fever leads to tiredness and can make you unable to do usual daily activities. * Learning disabilities: someone with a learning disability may take longer to learn an everyday skill. * Mental health:
They may find it difficult to carry out physical tasks due to sensory loss. A person is unique and may have had different life experiences which means the way dementia affects them is personal to them. They have different likes/ dislikes and needs so we must try to meet these the best we can. 1.3 A person with dementia may feel excluded from society because the way they are treated by other's. They may not be given the oppourtunity to be involved just because other's haven't got the time of day for them.
1.3 My day to day routine poses various barriers and challenges with regards to communication. Some may be medical and mental issues, whist also; there are environmental barriers which may affect ones communication. Many of my clients are deaf or partially deaf, meaning they may not always hear me when I speak to them. Some have poor eyesight also, which means a completely different approach would be required, a gentle approach. Those with dementia do not always understand the simplest question or instructions.
Unit 28 – Introduction to Autism 1. Individual's with autism may experience different types of difficulty with language and communication. This presents itself by individual's not understanding tone and body language and not being able to pick up on subtleties in conversation such as gesture's or facial expression. Other difficulties could also come from distractions in the immediate area such as passing traffic or other external factors. Individual's on the autistic spectrum may struggle with relationship's and social interaction due to difficulties with communication.
Unit 46 – Provide Support for Mobility 1.1 Define mobility Mobility is the ability to freely move physically. 1.2 Explain how different health conditions may affect and be affected by mobility A vast range of disabilities and conditions can result in mobility and physical difficulties, which may impact on access to learning. Some of the most common on-going or permanent conditions result from muscular and skeletal disabilities and from on-going medical conditions which affect mobility. Some disabilities may be more ‘seen’ or evident than others. Back and neck problems, accidents or injury leading to long term disability, arthritis and any other condition affecting the joints, amputation, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, partial or total paralysis, cerebral palsy and head injury.
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.
- Offering inappropriate treatment or care: means that when service is very busy and resources are stretched to the limit when health and social care professional is not being as careful as they should be or when someone makes an assumption about a person who is behaving in certain way. - Giving less time than needed: means if the service provider doesn’t like a person they are caring for or is too busy they may not give that person as much time as is
A couple of examples being, they may have physical abilities that may impair them like not being able to hear or see this may lead to communication difficulties. Or are elderly and are frail and weak. Some individuals may lack cognitive abilities and struggle with being able to understand what is happening or that it is wrong. Emotional resilience and stress could also make someone vulnerable to abuse; depression, relying on other for care and support, stressful scenarios like losing a loved one and grieving, divorce, loss of job and