Reflection Essay on Clinical Practice in older adults

Running Head: REFLECTION ESSAY 0
Reflection Essay
Clinical Practice in older adults
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9/11/2018

Reflection Essay 1
Contents
Reflection Essay on Clinical Practice........................................................................................2
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Reflection...................................................................................................................................2
Description.............................................................................................................................3
Feelings..................................................................................................................................4
Evaluation..............................................................................................................................4
Analysis..................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion (Specific).............................................................................................................6
Action Plan.............................................................................................................................6
Conclusion (general)..................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................8

Reflection Essay 2
Reflection Essay on Clinical Practice
Introduction
This essay will evaluate my proficient, clinical practice by recognizing, how I
evaluate and provide care for an older person with impaired cognitive function (dementia).
For mental health wellness, it will support through theoretical and evidence-based practice
and reflection on this and how it is developing my methodology, involving decision and
finest clinical practice outcomes.
Mild cognitive impairment (referred as MCI) causes a minor still visible and
assessable deterioration in cognitive abilities, including memory power and intellectual skills
A person suffering with MCI is at an enlarged danger of rising Alzheimer's or any stage
dementia. Cognitive impairment causes mental modifications that are severe enough to be
seen by the persons suffering them or to people around them, but these modifications are not
serious enough to hinder with daily routine or independent task. Almost fifteen to twenty
percent of public aged 65 or older than that having MCI (Alzheimer's Association, 2018).
I will elaborate Mild cognitive impairment in old persons, especially who have
memory issues, are more prone to dementia or Alzheimer’s disease than people without MCI
are. Conversely, MCI does not every time result into dementia. In some people, MCI returns
to regular cognition or rests steady. In other situations, such as when a medicine is the reason
behind cognitive impairment, MCI is mistakenly spotted. Therefore, according to me, it is
important to help individuals experiencing intellectual impairment as early as possible in
correct diagnosis and probable cure (Reisberg, Ferris, de Leon, & Crook, 1982).
Reflection
During my reflection, I will introduce reflective model given by Graham Gibbs about
learning by doing. This reflective cycle enables us to go through all stages of experience by
analysing role-play, incident description, reactions, evaluation, and critical analysis of the
situation. Moreover, after analysing the incident I will conclude the situation in general and
specifically. Finally, after reflecting myself for this situation I need to draw a personal action
plan according to my own learnings from this case study. In this discussion, I will share my
experiences with my patient who is suffering from dementia (Gibbs, 1988).