Evaluate how different approaches to caring for people
with dementia can affect individual outcomes
CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA
There are many different approaches you
can use when caring for people who live
with dementia. Each approach used, (www.nursesasneeded.com)
produces a different outcome for the
individual – either a positive or negative
outcome.
Seeing the person first, and their
dementia second is one of the many
approaches that people use, who are
caring for somebody who lives with
dementia – such as a family member,
friend, or carer. It is important to make sure their family members’ and friends’ happy,
that you see the person first – with all the as they are still participating in their
uniqueness and originality that comes with religious activities, like they would have
them – before the disease they are previously done, before acquiring
suffering with, such as Alzheimer’s disease dementia. However, for some people, they
or vascular dementia. This is because, are not physically able to maintain the
even though the person may have beliefs, hobbies or cultural activities they
dementia of some kind, they at one point or had before they had dementia. Because of
another, they had beliefs, values and this, you may not be able to actually put the
interests that should continue on with them person before their dementia. For example,
throughout their dementia, even if they do many individuals’ who suffer from
not appear to be so bothered about them dementia, end up developing movement
anymore – e.g. religious beliefs, hobbies, difficulties. So for them to be able to keep
and cultural activities. If you were to ask the up with the things they used to do – before
individual you may be caring for “do you still their dementia – may in fact be quite
want to go to mosque, if you develop impossible. For example, the person you
dementia?”, for example if the individual may be caring for may have loved to swim
was a follower of the Muslim religion, the before they had dementia, and it would be
individual will most definitely say yes. lovely for them to continue to swim, just like
Because of this, it’s important that their they used to. But with the movement
wishes are granted throughout their difficulties they may have developed (for
dementia, as it is what they would want for example, in their legs or arms), it may not
themselves. By making sure that you put be possible for them to go swimming
the person first, before their dementia – for anymore, unless their movement abilities
example, making sure and encouraging can be improved.
them to go to mosque – it will help to keep
with dementia can affect individual outcomes
CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA
There are many different approaches you
can use when caring for people who live
with dementia. Each approach used, (www.nursesasneeded.com)
produces a different outcome for the
individual – either a positive or negative
outcome.
Seeing the person first, and their
dementia second is one of the many
approaches that people use, who are
caring for somebody who lives with
dementia – such as a family member,
friend, or carer. It is important to make sure their family members’ and friends’ happy,
that you see the person first – with all the as they are still participating in their
uniqueness and originality that comes with religious activities, like they would have
them – before the disease they are previously done, before acquiring
suffering with, such as Alzheimer’s disease dementia. However, for some people, they
or vascular dementia. This is because, are not physically able to maintain the
even though the person may have beliefs, hobbies or cultural activities they
dementia of some kind, they at one point or had before they had dementia. Because of
another, they had beliefs, values and this, you may not be able to actually put the
interests that should continue on with them person before their dementia. For example,
throughout their dementia, even if they do many individuals’ who suffer from
not appear to be so bothered about them dementia, end up developing movement
anymore – e.g. religious beliefs, hobbies, difficulties. So for them to be able to keep
and cultural activities. If you were to ask the up with the things they used to do – before
individual you may be caring for “do you still their dementia – may in fact be quite
want to go to mosque, if you develop impossible. For example, the person you
dementia?”, for example if the individual may be caring for may have loved to swim
was a follower of the Muslim religion, the before they had dementia, and it would be
individual will most definitely say yes. lovely for them to continue to swim, just like
Because of this, it’s important that their they used to. But with the movement
wishes are granted throughout their difficulties they may have developed (for
dementia, as it is what they would want for example, in their legs or arms), it may not
themselves. By making sure that you put be possible for them to go swimming
the person first, before their dementia – for anymore, unless their movement abilities
example, making sure and encouraging can be improved.
them to go to mosque – it will help to keep
