Question 1 There are numerous potential affects due to difficulties with continence in relation to the individuals' self esteem, health and day to day activities; these include: o Low mood stemmed from lack of dignity and privacy. o Social isolation and embarrassment. o Individual lives in fear of being unable to manage their needs. o Deterioration to their health caused by dehydration due to wanting to prevent incontinence or wanting to reduce mobilising to facilitate needs. o Moisture damage to the skin can be caused to the individual due to being unable to cope with or without aids or support.
Some of the symptoms of distress are mumbled/garbled speech or stammering, anxiety, anger, aggressive body language and concentrating problems. These are barriers that impact on effective communication, leading to misunderstanding on both sides. If you are the person in distress, you cannot hear or able to understand the whole picture because of the vicious cycle mentioned above. Individuals who are distressed will not be able to concentrate properly or focus fully, therefore their communication skills will be negatively affected. Whenever an individual becomes distressed they may experience the sense of "self" being compromised, as in low self esteem, effective communication may suffer as an individual feels withdrawn or stressed.
Language barriers can cause people to feel discriminated against, meaning that they make feel unhappy and uncomfortable in the setting. This can really lower their self-esteem and make them feel that they are not worthy. Also, without the right equipment and support, the service user may not receive the right care and help that they need causing things to become worse for
Health & Social Care Level 2 Unit 4222-237 Outcome 1 1 – There are different types of dementia and tend to affect people differently, especially in the early stages. A person with dementia will have cognitive symptoms (problems with thinking or memory). They will often have problems with some of the following: Day to day memory, difficulty recalling events that happened recently, concentrating, planning or organizing, difficulties making decisions, carrying out tasks eg cooking a meal, dressing. Difficulties following conversations, or finding the right words to use, problems judging distances or focusing on objects, losing track of days and time, becoming confused about where they are. As well as these cognitive symptoms, a person with dementia will often have changes in their mood.
The abilities and needs of an individual with dementia may fluctuate because they are having a good/ bad day. Also this may change daily because of stress levels, if they have not had enough sleep and stress. This can cause the individual being frustrated, confused and have added memory difficulties. The individual’s needs and abilities may also fluctuate because the condition has progressed or being the later stages of dementia. Throughout these stages the individual will need more support on a day too day basis and more encouragement.
If you have lupus it is normal to feel sad and down sometimes. After all lupus may force you to make big adjustments in your life. Lupus can sometimes put a strain on your personal relationships, and make it hard to do some of things that you may enjoy. One who has those feelings of sadness or depression that last more than a few weeks should be evaluated and treated. People with a chronic illness such as lupus are at higher risk for
· if something isnt understood, rephrase rather than repeat. · speak a little louder than usual. · speak a little slower than usual but not to slow that is destroys the speak rhythem. 1.3 There are many different facts that can have an impact with people with sensory loss because communication and awareness play a big part in peoples lives. The negative side of sensory loss is that they may find it hard to feed themselves, dressing themselves and that their mobility may deteariate.
In the earliest stages the same question can be asked several times with the patient never remembering the prior question being asked or answered for that matter. As time passes the gaps in memory become more prominent but a noticeable physical changes takes place. The patient gradually becomes clumsier, irritable with flash mood swings that can become more aggressive in later onset Alzheimer’s. In many cases the patient will not only feel as if they are in another point in time but can also feel as if they are in another part of the country; a place or moment that may have made them feel more comfortable. Another effect of Alzheimer’s is the formation of what is called “tangles”.
If an individual cannot communicate effectively there becomes a danger that they won’t receive the appropriate physical and mental care; for instance if they are unable to communicate that they are in pain or are hungry or in need of personal hygiene care thus leading them to become frustrated or angry or even depressed. It is important to overcome any communication barrier to ensure the individual’s physical, emotional and social needs are met. 1.2 Analyse how society attitudes and beliefs impact on individuals with sensory lost. Societal attitudes and beliefs also have a huge impact on individuals with sensory loss, as people with any sensory loss tend to withdraw from society due to a lack in confidence and support. Other factors such as lack of information, no money or no awareness as to what they need or are entitled to can also cause problems which in many cases lead to isolation, depression and suicide.
The victims of discriminatory abuse could get less favourable treatment than other people because they are different. Indicators that discriminatory abuse is taking place could be that the person withdraws themselves from society because they feel are being discriminated against, or the victim could become stressed due to getting less favourable treatment which could then lead to health issues such as lack of sleep or ulcers. Domestic Abuse This is when there is a pattern of abusive and controlling behaviour within a relationship through which the abuser seeks power over their victim, which also tends to get worse over time. The abuser is not always a partner; it could be an ex-partner or even family members, although it is only considered domestic abuse if the victim is over 16 years of age. The main indicators of domestic abuse could be that the victim has unexplained injuries that could have been done by the abuser.