Specialized Early Care For Alzheimer's: A Case Study

Instead of treating all people with dementia the same – it makes the care you give

• Every individual, including individuals with dementia, has their unique life history, lifestyle, culture and preferences, including their likes, dislikes, hobbies and interests, which makes an individualised approach in care necessary.

This assignment will explore the effect of the long term condition dementia. It will focus on a service user who has recently been admitted onto an assessment ward and their family. It will explore the nurse’s role and how they will support and manage the patient’s illness. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2015) state that individual’s rights to confidentiality must be respected at all times, therefore all names mentioned in this assignment have been changed to maintain confidentiality.

Simon Douglas is a clinical research nurse at the Wolfson Research Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne. He is currently coordinating a number of studies, particularly on dementia in nursing and residential homes and providing input into a new trial of non-pharmacological interventions for dementia. Ian James is a consultant clinical psychologist at the Centre for the Health of the Elderly at Newcastle General Hospital and a

Writing a research paper is very difficult. Picking a topic is even harder. The topic I have chose to write about is dementia. Dementia is a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes cause by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, or personalities. This is a very personal topic for me. Researching this topic made me understand something that happen to me recently. My great-grandmother passed away May 21st, 2011. After ninety four years of a wonderful life she passed away. She was diagnosed with dementia two months before she died. You would never even think that she would have dementia. She never showed any signs of dementia besides the final days of her life. I feel like doing research on this topic

requirements for paid professionals at any level and in any provider setting (institutional or home

This essay will aim to introduce the term dementia including the types, causes, prevalence, young onset and models of care. This essay will continue to address what skill could be implemented to provide person centred care with understanding of health promotion and recovery concepts.

Dementia is an extremely common disease among the elderly, with 4 million Americans currently suffering from the Alzheimer’s type alone. Figures show that 3% of people between the ages of 65-74 suffer from the disease, rapidly increasing to 19% for the 75-84 age bracket, and as high as 47% for the over 85s. Therefore, it is easy to see why Dementia is such a large part of many people’s lives, whether they are suffering from the condition themselves, or have an elderly relative who requires full time care just to undertake simple day to day tasks. The disease can be extremely traumatic for the patient and their families, as the person, who may have been extremely lively and bright throughout their

This paper reviews the use of cognitive rehabilitation treatment of early stage of dementia Alzheimer’s type. The case study examines a 72 year old male patient diagnosed with early stage dementia of Alzheimer’s Type. This study used visual imagery, as well as cues and expanding rehearsal during the cognitive rehabilitation. The evaluation of cognitive rehabilitation treatment included the psychological, physiological, neurological assessments and self-reports. Results

CCIB LPA Perryman-French received a call form Delores. Her mother, Bernice Howard (DOB 02/24/1925) has Alzheimers and dementia. Her mother was living at another facility, when she required an awake night staff. She was moved into this location around June 20 or 21st, 2015. Delores left the area and then returned on 07/05/15. During that time, she had her son checking on her. Sometime around 07/01/15 or 07/02/15, her son told her that he was told there was an altercation between staff "La" and Bernice in the kitchen. The result was bruises on her arms (where she was grabbed) and a visible scratch. Bernice informed her that she was hit, slapped, grabbed and scratched and also reported that she responded by getting her (La) back. The family had

Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, degenerative disorder that attacks the brain's nerve cells, or neurons, resulting in loss of memory, thinking and language skills, and behavioral changes”(AFA 1). Millions of adults of the age 65 and older have been diagnosed with this serve diseases . Based on their condition they should be placed in a nursing home , because they're going to get the treatment they need . It also prevents the patients from hurting themselves and other members of the family. Nursing homes can benefit the patients in many ways and help, them accept their condition. Patients are able to interact with people with their same condition or have a different illness. They also provide counseling for the family members of the alzheimer's patients where they give them the support they need , and they’re able to learn more about the illness of their loved ones .

In this section I will use evidence, and compare practice and opinion with popular models and approaches to care. Dementia experience and care has changed dramatically over recent years, and it is now more recognizable that people can live well with dementia. Historically, it has been viewed largely as a biomedical phenomenon with a trajectory of irrevocable decline related to neurodegenerative changes (Hall et al, p11). Dementia care in the past had been modelled on a biomedical approach, putting the emphasis on diagnosis and treatment for the individual. It focused on individual symptoms and behaviour and looked to minimise these through interventions such as drug treatments (NHS SCOTLAN). Through the biomedical approach, dementia was seen

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CHICAGO, Ill.—The Alzheimer’s Association® Greater Illinois Chapter is currently seeking volunteers to participate in the 12th annual Bankers Life and Casualty Company’s Forget Me Not Days May 16th and 17th.

You are the nurse doing home visits in a retirement community. Your patient is an 85-year-old male who has been diagnosed with AD. His adult children are with him for the visit. They want to know about the disease and what treatment options exist. They ask the following questions: