Chcage005

CHCAGE005

PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA

LEARNER RESOURCE

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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................ 2

UNIT INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 6

ABOUT THIS RESOURCE ...................................................................................................................................... 6 ABOUT ASSESSMENT .......................................................................................................................................... 7

ELEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ....................................................................................................... 9

PERFORMANCE EVIDENCE AND KNOWLEDGE EVIDENCE ............................................................................... 11

PERFORMANCE EVIDENCE ....................................................................................................................................... 11 KNOWLEDGE EVIDENCE .......................................................................................................................................... 11

ASSESSMENT CONDITIONS ............................................................................................................................ 13

PRE-REQUISITES ............................................................................................................................................. 13

TOPIC 1 – PREPARE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THOSE AFFECTED BY DEMENTIA ............................................ 14

WHAT IS DEMENTIA? ............................................................................................................................................ 14 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE? .................................................................... 15 EARLY SIGNS OF DEMENTIA ..................................................................................................................................... 17 SYMPTOMS AND STAGES OF DEMENTIA ..................................................................................................................... 19 FIRST-STAGE ........................................................................................................................................................ 19 SECOND-STAGE .................................................................................................................................................... 21 THIRD-STAGE ....................................................................................................................................................... 23 FOURTH-STAGE .................................................................................................................................................... 24

APPLY PERSON-CENTRED CARE APPROACHES TO ALL INTERACTIONS WITH THE PERSON LIVING WITH

DEMENTIA ..................................................................................................................................................... 25

WHAT IS PERSON-CENTRED PRACTICE? ...................................................................................................................... 25 Why is person-centred practice important? ................................................................................................ 25

LANGUAGE AND PERSON CENTRED CARE ................................................................................................................... 26

INTERPRET INDIVIDUALISED PLAN AND FAMILIARISE SELF WITH THE SPECIFIC NEEDS AND WANTS OF THE

PERSON LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS PERSON’S NEEDS FOR A STABLE AND

FAMILIAR ENVIRONMENT .............................................................................................................................. 27

TREATMENT AND CARE ........................................................................................................................................... 27 RISK FACTORS AND PREVENTION............................................................................................................................... 28 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS ............................................................................................................................. 28 LIVING WITH DEMENTIA ......................................................................................................................................... 28 WHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE OF DEMENTIA? .................................................................................................................. 28

RECOGNISE SIGNS CONSISTENT WITH FINANCIAL, PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL ABUSE OR NEGLECT OF THE

PERSON AND REPORT TO AN APPROPRIATE PERSON .................................................................................... 31

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ............................................................................................................................................. 32 NEGLECT ............................................................................................................................................................. 32 PHYSICAL ABUSE ................................................................................................................................................... 33 RESTRAINTS AND RESTRICTED PRACTICES .................................................................................................................... 33 SEXUAL ASSAULT ................................................................................................................................................... 34 EMOTIONAL ABUSE ............................................................................................................................................... 35 FINANCIAL ABUSE .................................................................................................................................................. 35 SYSTEMIC ABUSE ................................................................................................................................................... 36 RECOGNISING SIGNS THAT MAY BE INDICATORS OF ABUSE ............................................................................ 36

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TOPIC 2 – USE APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES ....................................................................... 39