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Unit 17: Caring for Individuals with DementiaTask 1 P1,P2,M1
Introduction:
A mental deterioration from a previous level higher that is sufficiently severe to cause
problems with everyday activities is referred to as dementia. This is due to the fact that it
is a general term used to describe a wide range of conditions and illnesses that have
an impact on individual personality, mood, behaviours, memories, and cognition. When
they become the focus of the family's attention, people with dementia may experience
one of the main impacts, which is a sense of alienation. For example, individuals may
feel that they overreact to situations, experience sudden mood swings, or feel angry.As
a result, it may have a consequence for the family as they may become overly
demanding of the patient with dementia or overreact. This might also have an impact
on the patient since they might not comprehend why they behave the way they do
and could lead to them feeling outcasted.
P1/P2 explain the causes and the symptoms of three different types of dementia?
Frontotemporal dementia is one of the different kinds of dementia, which is progressing
brain disease. This indicates that it causes specific areas of an individual's brain to age
and eventually quit functioning. This is due to the fact that people with frontotemporal
dementia experience side and temporal brain damage. The frontal and temporal lobes
of the brain are affected by this frontotemporal disorder because the degeneration
results in the loss of capabilities regulated by those regions. Because of this, people with
FTD frequently lose control over their behaviours and their ability to comprehend and
speak language, which can result in antisocial behaviour. The damaged areas of the
brain determine the symptoms of FTD. Everyone is affected differently by FTD since no
two brains, not even those of identical twins, are alike. Although many of the symptoms
are identical, they frequently occur in various pairings or can vary in severity. For
instance, people may suffer shifts in their emotions, struggle to articulate themselves,
and They might also be unable to detect or fail to notice when a person is upset, which
results in a loss of empathy. Other early signs and symptoms frequently include
personality or changes in mood, such as despair and isolation, as well as language
issues and perhaps compulsive tendencies. Many patients experience loss of self-
control and engage in antisocial behaviour. FTD is a common early dementia cause
that frequently affects adults between the ages of 45 and 64. FTD accounts for 5% to 6%
of all dementias.
, Unit 17: Caring for Individuals with Dementia
Task 1 P1,P2,M1
The most prevalent kind of young onset dementia, contributing for around a third of
younger persons with dementia, is Alzheimer's disease, which accounts for over 60% of
diagnoses in the UK. Alzheimer's disease is an incurable brain condition that gradually
robs people of their memories, reasoning skills, and eventually their capacity to perform
daily tasks. This could be the case since individuals with Alzheimer's disease could also
experience a decrease in a certain chemical in the brain (called acetylcholine).
Information is less successfully conveyed when this molecule is reduced because it
serves as a chemical signal to transport information to and from cells in the brain
(neurons). As a result, the symptoms can change throughout the day and at varying
periods. Stress, infections, poor health, exhaustion, and shifts in a person's social and
physical surroundings can all exacerbate them. However, short-term memory loss,
disorientation, and alterations in behaviour and attitude are frequently present signs.
Later on in the illness, problems speaking, recalling distant memories, and walking
become problematic. Language is either limited or unavailable, memory problems are
considerable, and mobility is severely compromised in late-stage Alzheimer's disease.
Apathy and idleness are typical changes in behaviour that show up in people. Late-
stage Alzheimer's patients are totally dependent on caretakers for basic requirements
including food, washing, and mobility. Approximately 10% of those over 65 and about
50% of those over 85 have Alzheimer's disease, which disproportionately impacts older
adults. The hazard of family background is significant. This significantly associated
between 60% and 80% of patients with dementia.
The second most prevalent form of dementia is vascular dementia, which is defined by
an abnormal or compromised blood flow to the brain. Numerous illnesses that impact
the vascular system may be to blame for it. Vascular dementia is brought on by the
destruction, constriction, or obstruction of blood arteries, which control blood flow and
kill neurons. Long-term loss of brain activity is the result of this accumulated injury.
Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), which are a series of minor strokes, or one big stroke
have been associated with vascular dementia (TIA). whereas With Alzheimer's, on the
other hand, proteins build up in the brain to form structures called plaques and tangles.
This can damage the connections between nerve cells in the brain, and lead to the
death of these cells. Both types of dementia can affect memory, thinking skills and
other mental abilities. Therefore, the signs and symptoms of vascular dementia might
appear gradually or unexpectedly, worsen with time, and occasionally show signs of
improvement. As a result, everything is dependent on the location of the brain damage
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