Dementia Care: Types, Effects, Legislation, and Roles of Care Workers

Unit 40-
Dementia Care

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1. Describing types of dementia as well as common signs and symptoms...............................1
P2. Outlining possible effects of dementia on health and quality of life of a person..................3
M1. Assessing possible effects of distinct kinds of dementia on people and their families........3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
P3. Describing legislation as well as frameworks that govern work with people with dementia4
P4. Explaining roles and responsibilities of health and social care workers in improving health
along with quality for people with dementia...............................................................................5
M2. Discussion of role of teamwork to improve health together with quality of life for people
with dementia...............................................................................................................................6
D1. Evaluation of the ways different approaches to care for people with dementia can affect
individual outcomes.....................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Dementia could be termed to a general word for loss of language, thinking, problem
solving and memory that are severe enough for interfering with day to day lives (Gilster, Boltz
and Dalessandro, 2018). In other words, it is loss of cognitive functioning including thinking,
reasoning, remembering and behavioural which interfere in daily activities addition to living of
an individual. It is not an individual disease, rather covers wide number of medical conditions
that triggers decline in cognitive abilities addition to independent function. The information pack
is prepared on case studies related to Dr. Raymond Boston, Mrs. Anjeela Johal Kaur and Dr.
Isobel Blake who are facing from different types of dementia.
Present information pack covers various kinds of dementia and their common signs with
symptoms. It further outlines possible effects of dementia on person's health and quality of life.
Further, it covers legislation that govern work with person facing dementia and key roles with
responsibilities of care workers for improving life and health of people with dementia.
TASK 1
P1. Describing types of dementia as well as common signs and symptoms
Dementia is disease that affect the aspects in which an individual think addition to behave
with others. It explains loss of memory, thinking potentials or another medical related abilities.
There are various thinks which can cause dementia (Moore, Frank and Chambers, 2018). It
probably occurs at the time when part of individual brain that is utilised for learning, decision
making, language, etc are diseased or damaged. It is also known as group of symptoms which are
caused by various conditions. It changes life of a person that triggers to decrease in cognitive
competence interfering daily functioning of an individual. Common symptoms of dementia are
forgetfulness, limited thinking abilities and social skills so impaired which results in creating
complexities in daily functioning. Furthermore, there are wide number of diseases which may
cause dementia. As per the case studies, mentioned below are description of various types of
dementia along with signs and symptoms:
Vascular Dementia: It is type of dementia in defines problems with planning, memory,
judgement, reasoning addition to other thought process that are caused through damage of brain
from impaired flow of blood to the brain of a person. It can happen as an individual age as well
can be related to stroke or atherosclerotic disease (Legg, 2017). In context to case studies, Dr.
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