WORK BOOK Unit 13 level 2 DEM201 NCFE
WORK BOOK-J/601/2874 (DEM201)
Learner Name: SHIBLU AHMED KHAN
Date completed: ......................................................................
J/601/2874 (DEM 201)-
DEMENTIA AWARENESS.
Unit aim:
This unit enables learners to gain knowledge of what dementia is, the different forms of dementia and how others can have an impact on the individual with dementia.
Credit value-2
Level 2
This workbook covers the following elements:
Learning outcomes:
There are four learning outcomes to this unit-
1. Understand what dementia is
2. Understand key features of the theoretical models of dementia.
3. Know the most common types of dementia and their causes
4. Understand factors relating to an individual’s experience of dementia
Question- (1.1)
Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’
Answer:
The term 'dementia ' describes a set of symptoms which include loss of memory, mood changes, processing information and problems with communication and reasoning. These symptoms occur when the brain is damaged by certain diseases, including Alzheimer 's disease and damage caused by a series of small strokes. Dementia affects older and younger people and the decline in the person will get worse as more brain cells are damaged or die.
Question- (1.2)
Describe the key functions of the brain that are
– affected by dementia
Answer:
The main areas of the brain that are affected by dementia in terms of causing difficulties with their functions are:
Frontal Lobe – this is the part of the brain that controls behaviour, movement, personality and the interpretation of what is around us
Parietal Lobe – this is the part of the brain that controls the language we use, special awareness and recognition of places, objects and people.
Occipital Lobe – this is the part of the brain that controls eyesight and our ability to see
Temporal Lobe – this is the part of the brain that controls our speech, hearing and memory’
Question- (1.3)
Explain why depression, delirium and
Learner Name: SHIBLU AHMED KHAN
Date completed: ......................................................................
J/601/2874 (DEM 201)-
DEMENTIA AWARENESS.
Unit aim:
This unit enables learners to gain knowledge of what dementia is, the different forms of dementia and how others can have an impact on the individual with dementia.
Credit value-2
Level 2
This workbook covers the following elements:
Learning outcomes:
There are four learning outcomes to this unit-
1. Understand what dementia is
2. Understand key features of the theoretical models of dementia.
3. Know the most common types of dementia and their causes
4. Understand factors relating to an individual’s experience of dementia
Question- (1.1)
Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’
Answer:
The term 'dementia ' describes a set of symptoms which include loss of memory, mood changes, processing information and problems with communication and reasoning. These symptoms occur when the brain is damaged by certain diseases, including Alzheimer 's disease and damage caused by a series of small strokes. Dementia affects older and younger people and the decline in the person will get worse as more brain cells are damaged or die.
Question- (1.2)
Describe the key functions of the brain that are
– affected by dementia
Answer:
The main areas of the brain that are affected by dementia in terms of causing difficulties with their functions are:
Frontal Lobe – this is the part of the brain that controls behaviour, movement, personality and the interpretation of what is around us
Parietal Lobe – this is the part of the brain that controls the language we use, special awareness and recognition of places, objects and people.
Occipital Lobe – this is the part of the brain that controls eyesight and our ability to see
Temporal Lobe – this is the part of the brain that controls our speech, hearing and memory’
Question- (1.3)
Explain why depression, delirium and