Impact of Life Events on Alzheimer Patients

SUPPORTING
SIGNIFICANT LIFE
EVENTS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK1.............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Impact of significant life events on individuals....................................................................3
1.2 Group responses to significant life events............................................................................4
1.3 Impact for others in health and social care when an individual experiences significant life
events...........................................................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
2.1 Effectiveness of organisational policies in supporting individuals and their social networks
.....................................................................................................................................................5
Covered in PPT...........................................................................................................................5
2.2 Support of social networks to individuals experiencing significant life events....................5
Covered in PPT...........................................................................................................................5
2.3 Suitability of external sources of support for those affected by significant life events .......5
Covered in PPT...........................................................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
3.1 Analysing possible organisational responses to the need to support individuals
experiencing a significant life events..........................................................................................5
3.2 Personal contributions to support of individuals experiencing significant life events .........6
3.3 Recommendations for improving the support available in organisations.............................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Significant life events are the situations when an individual experience life changing
conditions. These events effects lives of individuals as well as their social network too, these life
events refers to the major changes occur in an individuals life which affects them positively or
negatively, these events can be a disease or any other alteration like shifting to a new place.
Favourable events like having a life changing opportunity at different place or country brings
positive variation in life but unfavourable events like diseases such as Alzheimer brings negative
reforms in the life of patients and their social networks. In this report, impacts of these situations
are analysed and evaluated along with support provided by various social networks and welfare
organisations.
CASE STUDY
Jacqui is an artist who has moved in his own flat and diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease,
and after seven years while working in Spain he experienced terrible state of insomnia and
started to lose the sense about surroundings and things which really matter. Situations were out
of control when Jacqui passed out while working. After consulting a neurologist, Jacqui came to
know that he was suffering from Alzheimer and started experiencing symptoms.
TASK1
1.1 Impact of significant life events on individuals
Alzheimer's is a mental disease or disorder which effects an individuals mental health by
entailing depressed mood and interest loss in regular activities.
Alzheimer has different impacts on various patients, but there are few effects or
symptoms faced by every individual including Jacqui experiencing Alzheimer. Most importantly
continuous feeling of aggression, sadness and loneliness are some of those. Other impacts of
Alzheimer on an individual's life are change in sleeping hours, change in appetite, experiencing
rapid hunger, insomnia, fatigue, restlessness, making things up etc., patients experiencing
Alzheimer face mood swings such as guilt, anxiety, hopelessness,empathy etc. and starts
forgetting things which have recently happened in their life and is not having any control on their
life as well. Worst effect of this disease is when a patient starts to build suicidal tendencies or
when a patient feels to end their life as they think they are unwanted by the society (Costanza,
2012).