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Dementia

Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1DISCUSSION.................................................................................................................................1CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................9REFERENCES............................................................................................................................10CONCLUSION Concepts of determinant of dementia..........................................................10

INTRODUCTION Nurses in the community health work with individuals from many different culturalbackgrounds, often with disadvantaged and marginalised people. Community nursingcan be widely described as any nursing care provided outside of an acute hospital.Moreover, it has been determined that nurses in community health provide aninterpretative bridge between the intense sector and community sector (Braden andGaspar, 2015). Dementia does refers to a particular disease, as it is an overall term that explainsa group of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills. Thisis severe enough to reduce an individual's ability to perform everyday activities.Basically it is a set of symptoms that may involve memory loss and problems withinthinking, problem-solving or language. A 5 Year Forward View established by NHSEngland, that outlines why changes are needed. The essay will cover the disease i.e. Dementia and Five Year Forward Plan, itsimpact, epidemiology and policy documents. DISCUSSION In general terms, Dementia is defined as a decline in mental ability severeenough to interfere with daily life. For example, memory loss and Alzheimer is the mostcommon form of dementia, which occurs mainly people under 65 years of age. In otherwords, it is a collective term used to explain various symptoms of cognitive decline, likeforgetfulness. Its symptoms are; loss of initiative, problems with abstract thinking,problems communicating, etc. Further, it has been found that there are around 850,000people having Dementia in UK. There are 4 basic stages of the disease:Mild cognitive; this stage is characterised by general forgetfulness, whichinfluence many people as they grow, Mild stage; people having mild stage experiencecognitive impairments that impact occasionally. Moderate stage; means daily lifebecomes more challenging for people, Severe dementia; symptoms get worsenedconsiderably. Is has been discovered that, its signs increase over time and everyoneface the changes at different speeds. Long term conditions are considered more prevailing in older adults and in moreunderprivileged population. Individuals with long term conditions feel empowered and1

supported to care for themselves in their own communities (Dewing and Dijk, 2016).Moreover, it is a condition which cannot at present be cured, but can be controlled bymedication and therapies. Dementia is a long term condition because, as lifeexpectancy raises people develop a number of conditions and disabilities in the yearsbefore death. Furthermore, most of the common disease patterns are found in elderpeople. Hence, individuals with dementia do not have condition to be managed whichfurther results in high level of hospital admissions with long time stays and hugetreatment costs. The another reason for Dementia to be considered as a long termcondition is that there no well defined diagnose available for this disease yet andhealthcare workers are still making efforts to find a solution for treating it.Determining the epidemiology of dementia among the people as a whole inparticular jurisdiction, involves the long term care population is necessary to provideproper care. It has been found through recent studies that, the disease has become amajor killer over as people die earlier. Further, if better diagnose treatment assist peoplewith dementia then more people will be counted with the disease. Whereas if somethingcauses this disease survivorship to fall, individuals with dementia will die earlier andnumbers will drop over time. Hence, focus on activities that are familiar and wereenjoyed when the person was health is considered important.Impact of dementia can be huge on a person's life such as; they can experiencea range of emptions. This may further involve grief, anger, loss, fear and disbelieve.People who have dementia, there ability to perform daily activities becomes weak andexperience a lot of difficulty. Tasks perform by them may be done poorly, halfway or notdone at all. Foe example, sometimes they may feel irritated, prone to quick moodchanges or overreacting to things. Cognitive impacts include; problem in recognisingpeople, functional effects are; problem in finishing any work, behavioural influencesinclude; loss of social skills, physical or verbal reaction, and psychological effectsconsists of; anxiety, irritability, depressions, etc. In addition, it has been discovered thatdementia causing disease may affect the brain, and it may become more serious overtime. People having dementia are just individuals facing more issues than others aroundthem (Gibson, Newton and Robinson, 2016). They also want to live a happy life as2

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