and have worked for many different homes, including a hospital specialising in orthopaedic surgery. During my career, I have gained my NVQ 2 and 3 in Health and Social Care, but my passion throughout my career has always been for looking after individuals who are living with dementia. ...
They may have a memory-related illness, such as Alzheimer’s or dementia, or another disability that prevents them from understanding that the abuse is even taking place Even patients who are of sound mind and able to communicate normally can be reluctant to speak up – and that only means ...
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to learn from the system as a whole, hence, it is never a boring experience from beginning of shift to closing. One major thing i learnt on the dementia floor where I work most of the time is that the residents know those who really care for them, though they can't express themse...
Other infrastructure, particularly transport sys- tems, are likely to be disrupted by snow and ice, creating difficulties of access for patients needing to use health facilities and for domiciliary care staff in reaching their clients in their homes [37, 51–54]. Ambulance response times also ...
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As individuals live longer, care providers (both formal and informal), face the challenge of providing care to clients who are increasingly complex; having multiple chronic conditions, including dementia and other illnesses that affect cognitive functioning and behaviour [3,4]. These conditions of ...
Geriatrics allows the patients who were previously thought to be almost untreatable and assigned for long-term care to restore their independence and live a normal life. Many representatives of the elderly population suffer from dementia. At the end of the 20thcentury, this issue was considered to...