Home Based Care for Dementia Patients: A Case Study of Mr. Patrick

PART B.

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PART B............................................................................................................................................3
What.......................................................................................................................................3
So What..................................................................................................................................3
Now What...............................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

PART B.
What
Whilst working with registered nurse, I visited a patient's home regularly with a
registered nurse. Mr. Patrick is a 75 year old man who generally lived alone with his wife and
suffers from Dementia. National Health Service defines Dementia as group of related symptoms,
having ongoing downfall in functioning of brain. It is a condition of brain that effectively causes
loss of memory or reduced retaining mental capacity consisting issues with judgement, ability to
think, understand or make judgements. It is specifically an illness which cannot be cured and is
ultimately a terminal. Dementia can involve various types Alzheimer's illness, Frontotemporal
dementia, Lewy body dementia and Vascular dementia (About dementia, 2020). Mr. Patrick
generally experiencing loss of memory, mood swings, self neglect. He is facing difficulties while
communication with someone or not able to find words of other people what they actually trying
to say. Mr. Patrick find that he has facing difficulty while handling complex situations and due to
this he want additional care so that he can handle his situations more positively and effectively as
well. In this, home based care play an essential role while providing care to dementia patients
(Brown, Agronin & Stein, 2020). As being friendly or more familiar with surrounding
environment can significantly enhances comfort, awareness and safety of Mr. Patrick. Living
around home memories can aid him to develop his cognitive functioning as well as can aid him
to decrease his confusion and loss of memory also. Nurses also deal with various challenges
while providing care to Dementia patients such as loss of memory, handling emotional toll on
themselves, stress, handling mood swings as well as alterations in behaviors of patients. While
dealing with these such things they also require effective skills so that they can handle situations
more patiently.
So What
Having memory generally affected by tiredness, stress along with various disease are
quite normal (Deeken & et. al., 2018). But, if people above age of 65 having such signs or
indicators are more likely to have Dementia like illnesses. In this, having loss of memory
sometimes can be annoying but if it can start impacting daily routine of an individual then, it can
create issues. While talking about Dementia, it is not only the loss of memory, but it can also
influence the way an individual behave, speak, think as well as feel. It can directly impact on