When brain cells are unable to communicate normally, thinking, behavior and feelings can be affected. Different brain cells are affected by different types of dementia. When brain cells in a particular region are affected, that area of brain function is
Finally, the cells in the human body cannot perform their functions fully and naturally during the aging time, this lead to the weakness of the mind. That means the human in the aging time, maybe cannot remember the small information and details which he was known in the past. For instance, some elderly cannot remember what are their homes’ numbers and unfortunately a lot of them forget their friends’ names. According to the website Harvard Medical School (4), there are many cases lead to forgetfulness, but we will mention the most common of them. First, “lack of sleep” (4), that is mean not getting enough sleep can create many problems with the memory and it can lead to mood changes and stress.
Since I am placed in the Geriatric Hospital, I have to work with dementia patients and make certain that they are provided the right kind of care. In order to reflect regarding my placement and the kind of work I did, I will use the reflective model of Gibbs’ (1998) (see Appendix 1). The Gibbs’ reflective model consists of 6 stages of reflection and allows the individual to reflect on his experience in a detail manner focusing on each
Alzheimer’s disease destroys the individual’s memory and ability to think/process information. Slowly the degradation leads to the inability to accomplish common tasks. Alzheimer’s is the most common source of dementia. Dementia is the term for symptoms that consist of troubles with thinking, processing of information, and memory loss. The symptoms get progressively worse because the brain is slowly
The visual image of the fluff being taken and wiped out of him shows the process of his memory loss becoming worse and worse and therefore causing more confusion and isolation is his world. Dementia is a disorder that affects one’s thinking, behaviour, and ability to do simple everyday tasks. At the beginning of the play, we started by only taking a little bit as he forgets small words. However, as he starts to forget bigger and more important things like people’s names and faces, we took more to show that his dementia was
Dry mouth mean that the patients’ mouth feel like that it is full of stuffs,making them difficult to swallow or speak. They need to drink water frequently in order to speak,to swallow solid foods and the teeth also turn black and fall off eventually. Other symptoms include the respiratory problem,as the trachea is very dry,patients may get bronchitis and the lung inflammation,as well as chronic cough.In addition,as their immune system is weak,it is not easy to recover from
Eating disorders are when people have abnormal eating habits. Anorexia is when someone eats small to little to none food because of a lack of appetite. Anorexia can really deteriorate your body and what your body needs to survive. The possible health risk from anorexia is your body not getting enough nutrients, anemia, heart problems and so much
(Be specific, if you say employ a relaxation technique, tell the reader which technique.) (500 words) Job burnout is a form of the extreme stress where you lack motivation and no longer have the desire to work. We usually can feel burnout in school or work when we feel a tardiness and absence. Hence, we have to be careful of burnout because it can lead to poor physical and mental health or lack of quality and satisfaction. It is possible that cases of extreme burnout might link to disease.
He or she may have a decrease in appetite when it comes to eating baby food. This is very common. #2: Irritation - This is something that the baby can’t take it anymore because it irritates. Once it occurs, the baby would be having some discomfort like no other. #3: Facial rash - There are chances that it could develop facial rash for babies who are under the teething process.
Poverty is when people cannot satisfy their basic needs, such as food and water. This gives us an idea of how bad their situation can lead to. Imagine people your age not having a place to live in, so they just sleep wherever they can, or imagine that children are sleeping with empty stomachs, almost starving, while you have so much food that you can’t even choose which one to eat now and which one to keep for later . There are many factors that make a country poorer than others. Some factors are caused by the people who live in that country, while other factors are due to the actual resources the country has, the economy of the country, and even social inequality.