In this essay I plan to be investigating Alzheimer’s disease and explaining how this disease would have an impact on a patient’s ability to communicate effectively. I will be looking into the disease process of Alzheimer’s, and how it affects a patient both physically and psychologically. I also will be looking in at the different techniques used to facilitate effective communication and how these techniques form, a therapeutic relationship between the nurse and the patient. I will also be exploring briefly the roles of speech and other therapists, and how they help to assist patients with communication impairments in a healthcare setting. Australia today is an aging population.
· What are the common signs and symptoms of dementia? · How can the media and historical views of dementia impact how people see individuals living with dementia today? · What are the misconceptions of dementia and people living with dementia? · What support can carers in the NHS provide for individuals living with dementia and what else can they do in the trust to help develop their care? · Are people living with dementia employed?
How quickly dementia progresses vary greatly from person to person.” (Alzheimer`s Society, 2013 p.2.b.) When it comes to treating people with dementia doctors, carers and nurses have to look at an individual holistically. In other words looking at a person`s social, physical, cultural, cognitive and emotional needs in order to care for them efficiently. There are certain skills and attributes needed when dealing with a person with any type of dementia, for example: Skills: Sound theoretical knowledge of how to manage the person, sound practical ability to care for the person, willingness to act as an advocate for the person, protection of information and the person, communication, commitment, time management skills. Attributes: Empathy, patience, sensitivity, discretion, respect, dignity, choice,
The objective of this systematic review is to identify factors that consistently predict NHA in persons with dementia. Providing a synthesis of factors that trigger institutionalization in persons with dementia is important for several reasons. Institutionalization is considered a key clinical marker of dementia progression.6 As with other clinical markers of progression, identifying factors that are consistent in their prediction of NHA may lead to enhanced prognostic tool development. Such information may also inform the targeting of clinical interventions (pharmacological or nonpharmacological) that allow persons with dementia to preserve their ability to live at home. Improvements in screening and intervention could help to delay the costly NH transition, as 62% of all NH costs in the United States are publicly financed.7 Recent systematic reviews found that the presence of dementia and cognitive impairment precipitated institutionalization in older adults.4,5 The studies included in these reviews were not stratified by disease type and caregiving stressors were not considered.
Each person has nutritional need. Nutrition helps to keep people health and can also assist with how the brain works. | |Keeping the body with nutrients are important for that everything can function properly. | |What is the connection between nutrition and health? | |The connection between nutrition and health is that if the body is not receiving the proper nutrients for their health.
Discuss your ASSESSMENT TOOL(s) of CHOICE for caring for the older adult, what is/are the tool(s) and why is it the tool(s) to be used in your opinion. How do you know what assessment tool would be best in clinical practice and caring for the older adult? Using Carper's multiple ways of knowing, descibe how you know what you know to support your choice(s) of assessment tools. Assessment tools Carper, B. A.
P2 Describe approaches to caring for individuals with dementia. Approaches to caring with individuals with dementia: Person centred care- It aims to see the person with dementia as an individual, rather than focusing on their illness or on abilities they may have lost. Instead of treating the person as a collection of symptoms and behaviours to be controlled, person centred care considers the whole person. It takes into account each individual unique quality, abilities, interests, preferences and needs. Person centred care also means treating residents with dementia with dignity and respect.
What is Clinical Decision Making? Week 1, Session 2 Informing Decision Making in Dementia Care Outline What is Clinical Decision Making? Examine concepts that inform the course conceptual framework Define clinical decision making skills in a practice context. Present an overview of dementia as a syndrome. Introduce positioning theory.
Carers will eventually have to perform services for the ones that they are looking after which they will find very confronting yet it is their duty to put on a brave face and try to maintain as much dignity as possible for the sick individual (Stokers, 2010). As well as maintaining the sick individual’s health it is also important that they do not neglect their own (Hoffnung, et al., 2010). Carers also need to make sure that they always feel safe in the presence of the person they are looking after as personality can change drastically due to dementia (Hoffnung, et al.,
Symptoms of Dementia.” Medical News Today. Retrieved from http:/www.medicalnewstoday.net/articles/142214.php 2. Family Caregiver Alliance (2010, June). “Alzheimer’s Disease & Caregiving” National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adult and Community Health. www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp 3.