Understand the Process and Experience of Dementia

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Person centred care is about caring for the person, rather than the illness. By the time a person with dementia needs care, they've been stripped of a lot of their dignity, are surrounded by strangers, and are very confused by the world around them, which can lead to problem behaviour. Person-centred caring is about maintaining the person’s dignity Person centred approach: Enabling choice Enabling social relationships Valuing the individual Providing the opportunity for stimulation Empowerment Inclusion Looking at the person as a unified whole Non person centred approach: Dictating form of care to be used Not recognising the individual’s uniqueness and needs Exclusion Lack of choice Not allowing participation in decision making Not allowing the individual to exercise their rights Responding to behaviour rather than looking at the unified whole Not empowering the individual Compared in terms of: Benefits to the individual with dementia Benefits to care workers Effects on individuals with dementia and carers Describe a range of different techniques that can be used to meet the fluctuating abilities and needs of the individual with dementia? Techniques: Completing a health profile Carrying out a cognitive ability profile Completing a life story profile Capacity for doing profile Carrying out a life at the moment profile Completing a personality Describe how myths and stereotypes related to dementia may affect the individual and their carers? Myths and stereotypes: Those with dementia are unfortunate victims May be viewed as needing pity May be considered as the means of containing the individual/condition May feel inadequate to deal with the condition May feel they have a ‘burden of care’ May consider they have been discriminated against Effects: May feel stigmatised May feel discriminated
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