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Approach to Dementia Care Practice Improvement

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Added on  2021-04-19

Approach to Dementia Care Practice Improvement

   Added on 2021-04-19

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Running head: DEMENTIA 1DementiaNameInstitution
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DEMENTIA 2Dementia Dementia is a term used to describe a collection of symptoms which cause disorders thataffect the brain. It is characterized by extensive impairment of the mental function, socialfunction, communication, memory, and emotions. It is the key cause of deaths of Australianswhich is 5.4 percent males and 10.6 females each year (Bush et al., 2016). Indigenous populationexperience dementia at a rate of three times higher than nonindigenous population. Indigenouspopulations aged 45 years has a prevalence of 12.4 percent of dementia and 26.8 percent forthose aged over 65years. The rate of the disorder among males is 62% and those without formaleducation is 80%. Concerning the nonindigenous populations, the prevalence of dementia is 4.1for males aged 45 years and below and 8.9 percent for those aged 65 years and above. Eventhough it is affecting the all Australian population, dementia prevalence is high amongindigenous community.In 2013, dementia became the second leading cause of the deaths in Australia. It ispredicted that in some years to come dementia would be the leading cause of deaths. In 2015,there were 15052 deaths of which 12625 were linked to dementia. It is equivalent to 35 deathsper day. People who died of dementia were likely to be over 85years and majority of them werefemale. Dementia is the chief cause of burden of diseases both in men and women Australia.Studies from ABD indicate that in 2011, dementia was the principal root of disease burdencontributing to 3.4 percent, the total DALYs was 15308 of all burdens of diseases encounteredby Australian citizens. Nevertheless, when age is put into consideration, dementia is a crucialcause of disease burden for people 75 years and above (Yates et al., 2017). Additionally, theyears of life lost through untimely mortality resulting from dementia accounts to some extent
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