Dementia Patient Support and Safety Measures

This assignment provides insights into supporting dementia patients by exploring various care strategies such as ADL training, telecare, and implementing measures to ensure patient safety. The importance of government initiatives, reducing stress through excess lights, safe floor surfaces, and labeling are also discussed. These approaches aim to alleviate the impact of dementia and promote a better quality of life for affected individuals.

TASK 2
2.2 How others in social networks may
provide support to Alzheimer's patient
In Alzheimer's disease, individual looses his
memory and other important mental
function. This condition influences the life
of patient as well as of those person who are
related with him. If an individual will have
this problem then he will get more
frustration and anger. At initial phase of
this, person can do things independently but
in middle stage, they need some take care
and at last stage, they do not able to give
respond to the environment. So in this
situation, they need support of many people
like professionals, family, communities etc.
For handling this situation, there is no cure
which can make better but apart from this,
there are various things by which this
disease can be remove from roots.
Support from family members-
1. Relatives are those only who can
help in reminding old things.
2. For handling this situation, a healthy
environment should be created at
home so that patient will feel happy
and will recover his memories.
3. Diseased person should try to do
mind exercise by reading books,
solving puzzles and any other
activities in which he has to put his
mind. These activities will aid in
improving existing conditions.
 Relatives should try do that things by
which patient can recover old things.
For example- Share life experience
and do that activities which was done
by patient in his old days.
Support from Port-haven Care
Homes LLP-
1. It should provide guidance to family
members so that they can take care
of patient effectively and efficiently.
2. Care workers should organise those
events in which diseased person has
to put their mind. It will aid in
improving existing situation as well
will improve their living standards.
3. Professionals should provide
mediation according to the
requirement. For example- If patient
is getting more frustration then they
should adopt non drug approach in
which they will interact with patient
calmly.
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3.1 Possible organisational responses to
need to support dementia patient
Port-haven Care Homes LLP is one of the
most popular care home which provides
better quality of services to their patient. It
has a patient whose name is Mr. John who is
facing Alzheimer's disease. This type of
problem generally occurs at older age but
sometimes it may also face by younger
people due to various reasons. This issue is
more serious in nature because it impacts a
person mentally in which people loose their
memory. So in this case, there is lots of
requirement of care and attention. There are
different parties which give their
contribution in improving mental condition
of Mr. John in the following manner-
Family- It plays an important role in
improving disease because people mostly
spend their time with their family. Mr. John
who have dementia problem, can be better
when his family will be supportive because
if relative will cooperate then confidence of
patient will be increased and then he will
learn various skills by which he can face
various challenges.
Communities- In given problem,
patient forgets his address and wanders here
and there for finding out without knowing
about his destination. So in this situation,
neighbours or relatives help to a greater
extent. They can give their attention on Mr.
John whenever they will meet with him and
can also help him in reaching to right place
or findings their belongings.
Port-haven Care Homes-
Professionals can help Mr. John in the
following manner-
 Care workers should provide
direction to his relative so that they
can know that what should be done
for handling this situation.
 They should also tell about various
techniques by which he will be able
to collect memories.
 Experts ought to compose those
activities which will aid the patient
in living in better condition.
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2.1 Effectiveness of organisational policies
and procedure in supporting Alzheimer
patient
Every organisation makes rules and
regulation so that it can manage clients
effectively and efficiently. It is made for
meeting the requirements of patient which is
based on the circumstances of the market.
There is no things which is totally right that
may have also limitations or benefit which
makes distinguish business from others.
Strategies may have following strengths and
weaknesses-
Strengths-
 It helps in providing services as per
requirements of clients.
 Generally, it focuses on providing
social benefits rather than to its
advantages.
 It charges amount for its services as
per economic situation.
 It provides guarantee to the clients
that they will get better facilities as
per their requirement because it is
the principle arrangement of Port-
haven Care Home.
 It also ensures that administrations
will be provided with poise and
confidentiality.
Weaknesses- It has also some
shortcomings that are as follows-
 It is adopting approaches that are
similar to its competitors so it is not
able to get attention of large number
of clients.
 Its strategy is not adopted by all
member that means it is not able
present their services effectively.
 There is no proper coordination
between diverse division and care
workers.
 Its strategy is not much effective
because this approach are not able to
maintain good relation with their
customers as well as with those who
are concerned with this organisation.
 This strategy is very helpful in
resolving issues by which it will be
able to carry out its activities
smoothly.
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2.3 Evaluation of suitability of external
sources for dementia patient
There are various external sources by which
dementia disease can be improved easily and
effectively. Some of them are as follows-
Communication- It is one of the
most effective technique by which all
diseases can be improved. Especially, it is
beneficial in that case where person has any
psychic problem. Conversation provides
mental mediations and increases ability of
patient. This technique is very helpful in
dementia problem because it aids in
providing prompt services according to their
requirements by using non verbal and also
utilizing dialect and sentence make up which
relates to person's level of understanding .
ADL training- For dementia patient,
there is an activity by which they will be
able to live their day to day life. In this,
diseased person has to do exercise in which
they have to put their mind. With the help of
this training, person may become self
sufficient in helping themselves.
Telecare- It is a communication
method which aids in managing risk and
also provides support independence with the
help of wireless sensors that are placed
around the home. It includes scope of
administrations that involves virtual going
to, home security, social caution frameworks
etc. by which individual can stay away from
hospitalization and can also support
maturing set up. For dementia patient, it is
required that they should have capacity to
live securely and with limited potential
dangers.
Apart from this, there are other
methods which aids that person who are
facing dementia disease that are given
below-
Government- It plays an important
role in this problem. It conducts various
events or programs which helps people to
face this issue. It makes better environment
that appreciate patient to overlook their
problem.
Diminishing stress through excess
lights- For reducing the impact of dementia,
family members of patient should use more
natural lights as comparison to electricity
because it will provide more relaxation to
patient.
Safe ground surface- Family
member should take care that floor should
not be wet, sparkly etc. so that diseased
person will remain safe. It will reduce the
chances of falling.
Marks- For reducing the impact of
dementia, relative should keep label on
everything so that patient can recognise
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things easily. For example- Put a chit on
entryways and drawers with the goals so that
diseased person can find things without any
stress.
Condition- Family members try to
keep greenery around the patient so that he
will only think only positive thinks and will
do things without any depression.
Above mentioned things helps in
decreasing the impact of dementia
effectively and easily.
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