Dementia is associated with complex needs, especially in the advanced stages where there are high levels of dependency and morbidity. The care and support needs associated with the dementia condition can often challenge carers, families and services. These can include behaviours such as memory impairment, delusion and hallucinations, restlessness, aggressive behaviour, communication difficulties, wandering, incontinence and mobility problems, all of which can be further exacerbated by changes in social status, financial status, accommodation and/or bereavement. Service provision in Northern Ireland, for people with dementia is influenced and underpinned by legislation such as the NHS and Community Care Act 1999, Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996, Human Rights Act 1998, Care Standards Act 2000, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Equality Act 2010 The Care Standards Order (NI) 2003 influenced a system to regulate care services, including the regulation and inspection of care providers. The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) are the independent body responsible for monitoring and inspecting the availability and quality of health and social care services in Northern Ireland, and encouraging improvement in the quality of those services. RQIA was established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (NI) Order 2001. This order places a statutory duty of quality upon health and social care organisations and required the DHSSPS to develop standards against which the quality of services could be measured. Health and Social Care Act 2008 established the Care Quality Commission, which merged the Commission for Social Care Inspection, the Healthcare Commission and the Ment... ... middle of paper ... ...f rape and sexual activity with underage girls, and who in spite of this still managed to secure employment as a school caretaker. Recommendations in respect of this particular inquiry resulted in the enactment of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (2006) Act, which brought into effect the introduction of pre- employment checks and the various lists of people not suitable to work with vulnerable groups. The Shipman Injury lead to the enactment of the Health Act 2006, leading to changes in procedures for certifying death and introducing new arrangements for monitoring and inspecting controlled drugs in care homes. It gave the police and other nominated people, including the Regulation Quality Improvement Authority the right of entry to the premises, and the right to inspect stocks and records for controlled drugs. The Griffith’s Report lead to the enactment of the
in elderly individuals. To many people, dementia is thought to be a disease that affects the memory of elderly people. They think it is irreversible and inevitable, that it is something the majority of people will face as they get older. Many people also confuse delirium with dementia. Delirium can be caused by illness, malnutrition, or medication, as can dementia, however, delirium describes a person who is less alert, drowsy, and restless, while dementia talks about someone who is fully awake,
Dementia is a major neurocognitive disorder that interferes with the independence of the elderly by inhibiting memory and thinking skills. Fifty to eighty percent of dementia cases constitute of Alzheimer’s diagnoses; consequently Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia and currently affects 5.2 million Americans. Most of these cases are patients above the age of 65 and by 2050; 13.8 million Americans in total will suffer Alzheimer’s due to aging of the general population, specifically
Dementia Dementia is an organic brain syndrome which results in global cognitive impairments. Dementia can occur as a result of a variety of neurological diseases. Some of the more well known dementing diseases include Alzheimer's disease (AD), multi-infarct dementia (MID), and Huntington's disease (HD). Throughout this essay the emphasis will be placed on AD (also known as dementia of the Alzheimer's type, and primary degenerative dementia), because statistically it is the most significant
Dementia is defined by the World Health Organization as a syndrome due to damage of the brain cells that most often chronic and progressive in nature. Some of the cortical functions that become impaired include memory, thinking, orientation, comprehension, calculation, learning capacity, language and judgment. Other manifestations that may accompany this disease are deterioration in emotional control, social behavior or motivation (Ouldred & Bryant, 2009) Dementia is not a normal part of aging, however
brain functions can decline. When an elderly person experiences a progressive decline in cognition from a brain disease, they are suffering from dementia. Dementia is commonly referred to incorrectly as a disease. Dementia is a syndrome because it is intertwined with other diseases that cause the decline in cognition. For example, the main cause for dementia is Alzheimer’s disease. This progressive and irreversible syndrome will cause impairments to a person’s personal and social life by impairing
Introduction Dementia is a significant health issue in Australia (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2012) (AIHW 2012). Whilst Dementia primarily affects older members of the community, it can also affect young people and has a significant influence on overall health and quality of life (AIHW 2012). The type of Dementia is a determinant in the severity and development of symptoms in individuals (Department of Health 2013) (DoH, 2013). The gradual, progressive and irreversible nature of Dementia has
Introduction Margaret is a 77 year old who has a diagnosis of dementia and type 2 diabetes mellitus. She has been recently separated from her daughter who was her primary carer and her husband who were both unable to cope with her agitated behaviour. Margaret now resides in an age care facility. Margaret’s mental and emotional health is a cause for concern and the family are upset and are struggling with feelings of guilt and anger. This paper with discuss the intervention professional healthcare
1. What dementia brought into my mind 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
term "dementia praecox” which means “early dementia,” separating it from other forms of dementia usually occurring later in life. Kraepelin believed that “dementia praecox” was primarily a disease of the brain. In 1911, a Swiss psychiatrist by the name of Eugene Bleuler, was the first to use the term “schizophrenia” and the first to describe the symptoms as “negative” or “positive.” Bleuler believed that the name given by Kreapelin was misleading, since the disease was not part of dementia since
Dementia and Delirium are perplexing conditions both to differentiate and experience. Dementia is a progressive intellectual function and other cognitive skills decline condition which results to a decline in an individual’s performance of their daily activities. Unlike dementia, delirium also known as acute confusional state is an acute medical condition which results in confusion and other disruptions in a person’s thinking and behavior including attention, activity level and perception. It is
Dementia is a disease effecting nearly thirty-six million people worldwide (Whiteman, 2014). Even with so many elderly suffering from the disease, there are many people who don’t know what dementia truly is. People often jump too quickly to the conclusion that dementia is a disease that only effects the memory. They may believe that dementia is inevitable and cannot be cured in any case. They may also believe that dementia is something the majority of elderly will experience when they get older
Caring for Dementia Often, caregivers are faced with the struggles of handling an elder with dementia. Many caregivers are not given the right information and education to properly handle the complications and stress that comes along with the disease. The article “Caregiver’s Guide to Understanding Dementia” By an Unknown Author widely informs the reader of the setbacks and difficulties that come when handling a patient with dementia and how to properly respond in stressful situations. A second article
Dementia and the Medication of Music Dementia: a disease that attacks the mind, personality, behavior, language, and mood of a patient, as well as their ability to interact with others. This disease attacks the abilities of its victims while leaving them and their families feeling hopeless. Dementia, having no cure, depends on medicine to lessen the symptoms that it reaps on over “thirty-six million people” (Ridder, 2013, p.668). However, this medication sometimes leaves the patient with even more
Dementia Care: The Stages of Dementia Dementia and Alzheimer's disease, the primary form of dementia in America, are scary words. Dementia is a progressive and debilitating disease that currently does not have a cure. Nearly 50 million people in the world have Alzheimer's disease, nearly 6 million of them live in the United States. The good news, if you are looking for any sort of a silver lining, is that not everybody who has dementia is in the final stages of this insidious disease, and advances
Nursing Care Plans For People Suffering From Dementia By Cubba Corre May 24, 2013 Does anyone know what dementia is? Dementia is a cognitive deficit that involves the impairments of memory and is a disturbance in one area of cognition such as the apraxia, agnosia, aphasia and the disturbance in functioning. When you have these deficits it associated with behavior and function changes. The most common dementia is the known Alzheimer's disease. Dementia's are common to those in 65 years old and older