For example: a service user may have problems to swallow, dribble whilst eating and get embarrassed in front of peers. So I would off them a table on its own away from peers with staff present and a soft or diced
It can mean that tasks such as making a cup of tea, or a sandwich can no longer be completed. Mobility is often affected in advanced dementia, which may mean individuals, can no longer physically, hold or lift items needed to eat and drink. People can often become withdrawn and depressed within dementia, and often this causes issues around eating, as emotional mood can greatly affect appetite. It can sometimes mean that people do not want to eat, have no will to and lack the function to have, or prepare a meal. However, Dementia can have the opposite effect.
It is important that we are able to recognise the different cultural requirements for our clients may present so we have to consider how we can meet these requirements needed. We have a client who has dementia he has to have a gluten free diet, so we always make sure we have a choice of meals and snacks that are gluten free to choose
DEM 302 Understanding and meet the nutritional requirements of individuals with dementia. 1.1 Describe how cognitive, functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating. If the individuals cognitive ability is impaired they could forget to eat and drink, as well as think that they haven’t been fed, we might think they had a drink or eaten their food where as they might have tipped their drink down the sink or thrown their food away. If the functional ability changes it could mean that they can’t hold cutlery or hold a drink, therefore unable to feed themselves or feed themselves properly. When the emotional state changes they may become stressed and not want to eat or drink and may also forget that they need to
Tibi has really low self esteem, and she doesn’t laugh and have fun anymore. She is addicted to not eating, and she’s obsessed with losing her weight. 2. It can be social problems or something like that. If you have a bad relationship to your parents or somone you care about.
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.
Unit 366 Understand and meet the nutritional requirements of individuals with dementia Outcome 2 1 Describe how mealtime cultures and environments can be a barrier to meeting the nutritional needs of an individual with dementia. Mealtime cultures such as having strict mealtimes and meal sizes, certain number of courses and in certain orders such as starter, main,dessert may not adhere to the needs of a person with dementia. Their tastes may have changed and may not wish to eat the meals set out for them in a particular traditional order. They may not wish to eat at the same time as everybody else or may wish to eat small amounts more often. By trying to stick to normal mealtime cultures, this can be a barrier to the nutritional needs
The girl I mentioned in the TV show, have an unpleasant past. At the beginning of her overweight, she is upset, and cannot control herself from eating food. She ate fast and lot and finally she became
Dominique Watson Professor Harris ENC 1101 20 March 2015 Writing Assignment #4 Why do people look in the mirror and become unhappy with the reflection that they see? Why does society play such an influential role when it comes to physical appearance? Why do we seem to try to go to extreme lengths such as eating disorders to fit in? How did eating disorders become so prominent and is something going on that is promoting these types of illnesses. Eating disorders are becoming more common today in society and it is quite unsettling how young women arrive to that point where they get sick trying to fit in.
There is always a low self-image body against women by media. The media is too much interested in about how the women would look in thin body. There are so many advertisements where the women’s body is very thin. Women begin to believe that they can never add up to the shown models in advertisements. This can lead to many eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, over eating and bulimia.