Strategies Of Manageing Persons With Dementia

All of the patients on my unit in my former position were in the beginning and mid stages of Alzheimer’s with one or two very alert ones. The challenge was keeping the more alert residents from rapid mental decline. The key in maintaining the resident’s dignity is providing an environment where they can participate in their level of care,

The development of a dementia environment approach will highly impact the improvement of life of people living with dementia involving their family and carers, evidently reducing the stigma linked with the condition. The need to physically and socially design an approach for the progressing ageing population, and better comprehension of the issues affecting the dementia suffering elderly. Life Community Village is a specially designed and self-contained village for dementia-affected people imitating a normal daily life. It visions a change of approach in dementia care in the future and cope with the growing number of issues of dementia in the ageing population. Its mission on the other hand, is focused on delivering a holistic and person-centric approach by leading and optimizing a normal life for dementia-suffering elderly. Also providing a dementia-friendly community and creating a society that the dementia-suffering person can engage in. In the current increasing population of older Australians, there is over a million that has received a form of aged care support and services every year. This is provided through the collaboration of funding and administration of the local, state and federal government. Meanwhile, according to Australian statistics, there are more than 353,800 who are living with dementia. In less than five years, it is projected to rise to 400,000; and due to the fact that there is currently no cure for the condition, and with the

Individuals with dementia have loss of communication or memory so they can be treated unfairly by carers or relatives because they may not have the capacity to challenge abuses or to report what has occurred. For example they can use offensive or insulting language.

In dementia care is a key aspect of best practice. It is a way of caring for a person with dementia as an individual with unique qualities. It means looking at the world from the person’s point of view ‘standing in their place’ as it were and appreciating how they may be feeling.

• 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 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.

For this paper, I have decided to research two social work theories and how those theories apply to residents in long term care facilities. The primary focus will be those residents who are alert, oriented, and showing minimal symptoms of dementia.

The most common type of care for Alzheimer’s patients are staying with family members or close friends. This is because many people cannot afford the care of a skilled nursing home. Often times it is children taking care of their parent that has Alzheimer’s. It is not easy taking care of someone who took care of you as a child. If the person is still working, it will hurt their career and may cause them to retire earlier. The “patients” care increases as they lose their ability to speak or do basic things on their own. In many cases, the caregiver will suffer from depression from the emotional and financial

Dementia is a collection of symptoms caused by disorders affecting the brain which impact on a person’s functioning, ranging from thinking to behaviour and the ability to perform ordinary tasks and there are different type of dementia with the most common types being Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia and Parkinson’s disease (Keast, 2015). In 2009, nearly two-thirds (62%) of people identified as having dementia or Alzheimer 's disease were living in a health establishment such as a nursing home, an aged care hostel, or the cared component of a retirement village (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2012). People with dementia experience problems with communicative, cognitive and emotional tasks.

Dementia is define as one of the worse diseases in society today .Dementia is described as a symptoms that included decrease of intellectual functioning that interferes with normal life functions to included :language ,judgment or reasoning of all emotional and behavioral controls .Dementia has no set attachment over age ,gender, race nor religion .It is now very clear that Alzheimer's is the major cause of Dementia in elderly people . However, it also been proven that Dementia doesn’t start at the late age of 65 or 70, it has been noted that the onsite can start as early as 48 years of age. According to Banerjee and Vanessa Lawrence Dementia is a condition that will forever be an important problem in our society today. However,

Dementia is a disease becoming more common in today’s world and affecting more people. Dementia is a problem in elderly adults because it impacts all members of a family, it can lead to other medical conditions, and there is no cure.

The findings from the research in India of dementia caregiver strain clarify the impact of dementia on caregivers by comparing economic and psychological status and perceived strain with those of co-residents of older persons from the control groups free of dementia and of caregivers and co-residents of an older person with moderately severe depression. In Goa, dementia and depression cases were by vignettes, whereas, in Chennai, it was recruited from a hospital outpatient department. Caregiver mental health was assessed using the general health questionnaire. During research, Caregivers of people with dementia spend significantly longer providing care than did caregivers and co-residents of depressed person and controls. The highest proportion

The proportion of those with dementia living in care homes rises steadily with age, from 26.6% of those aged 65–74, to 60.8% of those aged 90 and over (Alzheimer’s Society, 2007). 75.8% of females and 67.8% of males residing in UK nursing homes experience signs and symptoms of dementia (total 73%) (Alzheimer’s Society, 2014 a).However, another study showed that prevalence of dementia in care settings had been underreported and around 89.8 % of population residing in care homes may suffer from any form of dementia or significant memory problems (Lithgow, Jackson and Browne, 2013). A Canadian study showed the factors precipitating move to care homes include increasing severity of dementia, carer break down, worsening of medical condition, presence of physical health problems, mobility problems, impaired instrumental activities of daily living (Rockwood et al,

As mental stability decreases, effortless functions are no longer normal for the patient. Memory loss, irritability, and hallucinations are a few of the symptoms that make a heavy impact in each patient. Eating, walking, taking medication, and communicating in many cases is unreasonable without assistance. In this stage of life a caregiver becomes a necessity in the patient’s daily life. Equally important as caring for a patient with dementia, is the patient education available.

Clare, Rowlands, Bruce, Surr & Downs (2008) stated the phenomenon of interest very clear that the article is about the personal accounts of older adults living with dementia in a residential care home. The justification of using qualitative method was to have the personal accounts and interviews to have a better understanding of the subjective experience of being in residential care home and living with dementia (Clare, Rowlands, Bruce, Surr & Downs, 2008, pg. 712). Prior studies that were quoted in this article had used observational and questionnaire-based studies, this article took a rare approach of getting the direct accounts from the residents face to face (Clare, Rowlands, Bruce, Surr & Downs, 2008, pg. 712). The philosophical underpinning of the research method is the 28 qualitative research studies before this study focused on capturing the personal accounts and interviews through comprehensive review with utilizing the grounded theory or phenomenological methods (Clare, Rowlands, Bruce, Surr & Downs, 2008, pg. 712).