3.3 Describe how to use a person-centred approach with an individual with a learning disability and dementia.
1. What is the difference between a. and a. Throughout this line of study, Alzheimer’s disease is a specific form of dementia. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, dementia is a general term for a decline in mental ability that is severe enough to hinder daily life. Memory loss is a symptom of dementia, and the most common type of dementia is Alzheimer’s. One of the most common and severe symptoms of Alzheimer’s is difficulty remembering newly learned information.
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Dementia is a common syndrome found among elderly over the globe. Talking about dementia, the first word emerge from mind is “loss”. Learning about the disease manifestation, it is known that dementia does bring a huge impact to the affected senior so as the caregiver. Many of us used to focus on the losses of dementia client which indeed causing a labeling effect. Remembered in the first lesson, a question “As a case manager, what will you do to help the client with dementia and the family?” was asked. I realized my answer is “Refer the client to suitable care unit”. It seems that my original thought deprived the elderly as I failed to think of other better solution like assisting them to age in the community. Although dementia leads to certain kinds of loss to people with dementia, their needs and strengths should not be neglected. Institutionalization thus may not the best solution. To serve the elderly, I need to modify my thought by adopting a strength-based approach. Practice should not mutually focus on the losses, but to explore more on the possibilities. Boosting the quality of life is also an important issue, empowering the client by bear in mind that “we are not only work for the service users, but work with them”.
...using words your patient is used to and will understand. Clarify your message with body language, tone of voice, facial expression touch and gestures.
. This calls for the need of dementia care to accommodate these patients. The main aim of dementia care is to maintain the personhood in the face of advancing impairment of cognition (Hunter, 2009). This is primarily to help in addressing the plight that people with dementia are facing. Different practitioners or caregivers provide dementia patient care. There are those practitioners who prefer to provide this care at home and those who prefer to provide it in institutions. Each of the cares has its implications on dementia patient.
Communication is the interaction between individuals and is an important skill to use within the Children and Young People's Workforce. The structure of communication is used by passing a message, receiving the message and replying to the message which is an essential and a basic skill of life. There are different types of communication, which are: Verbal Communication and Non-verbal communication. The reasons why people communicate is to express/portray our feelings and needs. We also need to communicate in order to build positive relationships with other professionals, children/young people and their families. Another reason we communicate is to understand one another and learn from one another by sharing ideas/information and experiences.
We need to adapt our verbal communication accordingly to the different situations. Working on a learning activity it is important that the children are focused and that we deal with any distractions
2.3 Describe how a person-centred approach can support an individual, with dementia at different levels of ability, to eat and drink?
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Dementia is classified in three stages. In each stage there are various things caregivers and family members can do to improve the life of their demented loved one. Throughout all three stages of dementia it is important for family members to keep in touch with their loved one. This will make the demented patient feel a sense of belonging and importance. Patients may also benefit from stories, pictures, trinkets, and documents that remind them of the
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...nment initiative, Behavior management- A guide to good practice 2012,’Managing behavior and psychological symptom of dementia’ viewed 23 May, 2013.
The behavioral impact can be caused by the change in mental health in the caregiver. The caregiver can have symptoms of anxiety and stress that are related to the care of the client with Dementia. The signs and symptoms of stress and anxiety affecting the caregiver’s behavior are changed in eating habits, procrastinating, increased use of substances, and exhibiting nervous behaviors. (Stress symptoms,
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