Understand sensory loss Understand the factors that impact on an individual with sensory loss 1.1 analyse how a range of factors can impact on individuals with sensory loss There are a number of factors that can impact individuals with sensory loss. In many cases sensory loss is hidden and people can be unaware that an individual is experiencing sensory loss. Communication is an area in which people with sensory loss may have many issues. Normal day to day activities can cause individuals experiencing sensory loss a great deal stress and anxiety, for example if someone does not have a sensory loss they may enjoy watching television although an individual who experiences sensory loss who may have previously enjoyed watching television now may experience great difficulty watching television. This can cause the individual to experience frustration and feelings of inadequacy.
1.4 Explain how other factors can cause changes in an individual's condition that may not be attributable to dementia. Sensory changes due to age-related degeneration eg: loss of hearing and increase of things affecting balance. Head trauma after an accident ie: car crash or ski accident. Depression can impair the ability to create long term memories and the individual can have a negative view of life recalling negative and unhappy experiences. Cardiac problems such as heart failure/coronary artery disease that reduces the blood flow.
Unit 536 Analyse how a range of factors can impact on individuals with sensory loss There can be negative and positive factors which can impact on individuals with sensory loss Negative Negative factors can be that the service users will be vulnerable and may feel like they have lost their sense of freedom and security and loss of control of their environment. The service users may feel isolated as they may not be able to communicate with others and may even suffer with depression, they may not be able to participate in certain activities that they may have enjoyed. Positives Some positive factors might be that they relate to others with the same sensory loss, There are groups that they maybe help to join of people with sensory loss which can help, there is equipment to help for example if their sensory loss if that they are deaf there are hearing aid to help, if they are blind and they like to read there are books in braille or audio books. Communication when communicating with service user that has sight loss *You will have to make sure that if they wear glasses they are cleaned *Stand in front of them so they can see you *You can use bigger print and bold letters print should not be joined or capitalised. when communicating with service users with hearing loss *You can use sign language *Hearing aid and ensure they are switched on and batteries are working *Make sure that you speak clearly, so they can lip read *You can stand infront of them so they can see gestures that you make for e.g hold up a cup to see if they would like a drink.
Someone who may have been very quiet can become loud and noisy. Temporal lobe - this is a part of the brain that controls language, emotion and memory. People may be unable to remember or recognise the words or sounds, may have difficulty joining in a conversation. People may become very angry or sad for no obvious reason. Pariental lobe - this is the part of the brain that controls the language we use, special awareness and recognition of places, objects and people.Any damage to this area means that people may begin to lose the skills they once had.
Controlling access from the person’s family, like restricting visiting, no accessibility to a phone or post, their pull cord could be moved out of reach. This could lead the person to feeling confused and isolated. They may feel depressed, their sleeping pattern could be disturbed, they may lose their appetite and they could show extreme submissiveness. Financial abuse signs and symptoms: Theft such as stealing items/money from the person, bills not being paid and short changing, being pressured about wills, property, financial transactions or inheritance are all forms of financial abuse. This could lead the person to be unable to trust, they could feel angry, upset and taken advantage of
You may fail to scan the environment ahead or notice debris in the roadway. When you are angry or upset, you may increase your risk taking and pull out in front of another vehicle, cut someone off, or tailgate. Positive emotions are dangerous too. Even when you've received the best of news there comes a lack of concentration when you get behind the wheel leading to increased reaction times. You can lose your ability to notice what other drivers are doing, anticipate their next moves and determine how you will respond.
Some statements that are made about children can be inaccurate and that could harm children’s development, especially is they lead to adults underestimating a child’s potential. • Open and closed recording methods- some recording methods can make it easier for observers to show bias. When you use the sticky note method where observers write down anything they see is important. The danger to that is that an observer may subconsciously not pay attention to a behavior or skill that a child is
Lack of respect for other drivers contributes to many unsafe behaviors. There are many examples of these rude habits: putting on makeup, smoking, programming a GPS, eating, and throwing trash out the window. All of these practices can distract a driver and put others in danger. These unsafe actions can also lead to aggressive or angry behavior commonly called “road rage.” One driver’s inattentiveness could lead to tragedy. Pedestrians are also at risk while on the roadways.
Down’s syndrome but sometimes when people are aware of their parents’ faulty genes, or if there is something that runs into the family, they can try to prevent them Genetic inheritance can affect people’s social, emotional, intellectual and physical needs: Someone’s physical appearance can affect their social life, e.g if they think that they are unattractive or if other people described them as unattractive, they might not want to be with other people because they do not want to be laughed, judged or talked about. It can also affect them emotionally like their self-esteem or getting bullied and that can make them feel depressed or feel like people look past them. It can also affect their physical life. They might not want to take care of themselves, like eat health and exercise because they might think that it is not going to change anything. Age: As we grow older, our bodies mature with age.
Impact of acquired brain injury on individuals Common causes of an acquired brain injury include accidents (Motor Vehicle, crashes falls sporting) assault, stroke lack of oxygen to the brain and degenerative independent functioning. Individuals with ABI may experience a combination of difficulties with communication thinking ,physical functioning and control of their emotions and /or behaviour they may also experience changes to their memory function ability to concentrate ,plan and solve problems the person may tire easily lack motivation become self-centred and have reduce tolerance to stress. The outcomes and effects of ABI are different for each person and often depend on the cause, nature and severity of the injury. Some effects of