Analyzing NHS Response to Alzheimer's and Dementia Support Needs

This report analyzes the NHS's response to supporting individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's and dementia, based on a case study. It examines the roles of family, friends, local communities, and social care organizations in providing support, including residential care homes and medical services. The report evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of NHS policies, such as care plans and staff training, while also highlighting areas for improvement, like handling aggressive behavior and addressing patient needs. Furthermore, it assesses the use of external resources, like financial support, counseling, and medical expertise, to enhance patient care and recovery. The importance of specialized care and the need for external support for managing dementia are emphasized throughout the analysis. The report concludes by underscoring the significance of a comprehensive approach to dementia care, involving both internal policies and external collaborations.

BOOKLET
4 Analysation of possible
response from
organisation to the
individual need for
support
According to the case
study a person in NHS
organisation is diagnosed
with Alzheimer's and
having symptoms of
dementia. Patient is very
upset with condition and
family of patient is also
worried. Residential care
homes are the places where
home like care and
environment is provided to
patient.
Professionals working
there gives all the services
which are needed by
service user in his/ her
disease. All the basic needs
of patient to deal with
disease are provided by
NHS. As a manager of
organisation there is a
responsibility that proper
services should be given to
patient suffering from
Alzheimer's and dementia.
The manager can provide
all medical and care
required by patient.
All the change and impact
of this disease can be
mitigated to some level by
getting proper care from
family, friends,
communities and social
homes. They can response
in following ways :
 Family members
can help by
supporting a lot of
time with patient.
They can give him
positive
environment in
which he can feel
better they can take
him him to
counsellor who can
analyse the
situation of patient.
Family member
should take him to
expert for
counselling.
They should visit
him on timely basis
so that he would
not feel alone.

 Friends of person
should provide him
metal support to
deal with his
disease. They can
help him in
understanding
things by showing
him signs and
pictures. Friends
should meet the
person timely so
that the patient will
not feel alone.
 Local groups and
communities
should provide him
financial support
needed for medical
treatment. They
should give him
monetary support
which is must for
him to get best
medical care and
services.
Social care organisation
plays an important role in
providing support to
patient suffering from
Alzheimer's. Care homes
like NHS can provide bets
facilities to the admitted
patient which will support
patient can recover early
form the disease. The
health care organisation
can give him advice and
medical support which is
required. Management of
the organisation should
make a plan for proper
treatment of the patient.
Workers should behave
well with the service user.
They should help him in
understanding things
around him. They should
help patient in thinking
positively and do not get
stress about his disease.
Family and friends need to
be more careful about the
condition of patient. There
support is must with
medical care in fast
recovery.
5 Strength and weaknesses
of social care
organisation policies
in supporting person
with dementia
dementia is not a
disorder but it is a
condition in which brain of
an individual gets unable
to understand things
properly.
Alzheimer's is a situation
in which person tends to
forget things. NHS
organisation has some
policies and procedures
which shows their quality

of services. It is an
independent organisation
and it focuses on providing
best services to their
patients. It provides
medical treatment to
person according to their
past experiences. Due to
that professionals easily
identifies about the
problem of person
suffering from
Alzheimer's.
Care plan is made by
organisation according to
the need and type of the
disease person is going
through. Plan is changed if
the person requires extra
care and treatment. In case
of dementia and
organisation has plans in
which workers provides
medicine to patient timely.
Patient do no take
medicine himself due to
disease of forgetting
things. Professionals and
worker of the organisation
treats patient nicely give
environment like home.
Social care is very much
committed to its policies
and provides effective care
and treatment. Workers of
the NHS are dedicated and
take care of the person and
help them in recovering
from Alzheimer's. Care
plan of the health care
includes supervising
patients, improvement in
condition and regularly
updating worker about
needs of patient. However,
there are some procedure
which need to be improved
in the organisation. Some
worker of the care home is
lacking in handling person
when he get aggressive due
to his illness. This problem
can be solved by giving
training to staff members.
Sometimes activities of
workers remind him his
problems and situation he
is going through.
Organisation is having
some flaws in its policies
which are creating some
problem to patients in
getting best services. Staff
of the social care
communicate with family
and friends of patient so
that they can know about
condition of patient
perfectly. Biggest strength
of the organisation is its
staff is always available for
emergency conditions.
6 Evaluation of dementia
support provided by
external sources for
significant life
events
National health
service ensures proper care
and treatments to each
individual person suffering
from dementia. It focuses
on providing good and fast
recovery from illness. The
person going through
dementia requires special
care and concern. It I
required that all needs of

patient should be fulfilled
in order to recover from
disease. Health care
organisation can take help
from external sources to
handle patient carefully.
Health care home can get
help form external sources
for training of their staff
workers. External sources
such as financial,
counselling professionals,
medical help etc. These
source from outside gives
training to worker for
caring and handling person
suffering from dementia.
These training supports
employees of care home in
handling people carefully.
Training also
constitutes indicating
sources that can help
person with Alzheimer's in
understanding things. Staff
workers can use these
sources to make patient
understand everything
form signs and pictures.
There are many other ways
like use of pictures and
videos to help person with
dementia. The organisation
can also use education
material in which various
videos that make it easier
for patient to know about
things he have forgot.
Workers of the health care
helps people in
remembering things of
their past. Sometime care
taker who is handling
patient gets frustrated from
repeatedly asked questions
from patients. This
problem can be solved by
giving proper guidance to
service user so that he will
depend on worker for
everything. Social care
home can get support from
external adviser who can
give solution about
handling person with
Alzheimer’s efficiently.
There is various
help group available who
works for providing
training on handling
patients. Organisation can
hire specialist of dementia
who can help in better
recovery form disease.
Psychiatric specialist can
support service user in
getting rid form the current
dementia situation. Care
home can provide
treatment of dementia by
getting help form expert
doctors who can help
patient in fast recovery.
Taking help fork external
sources is the main
responsibility of the health
care home in order to treat
patient nicely. Dementia
requires proper and special
care for the person affected
by it. Thus, sometime help
form external sources is
must for handling the
situation.
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