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Alzheimer’s/ Dementia
WHAT IS IT?
Dementia is an umbrella term to describe deterioration within the brain. There are many types of Dementia. Some forms of Dementia are more common than others. Most types of Dementia are named by the part of the brain that is affected by the disease or by the name of the person who had discovered it. Over 850,000 people in the UK suffer from Dementia.
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS?
Dementia is different for everyone. There is no one symptom or group of symptoms generic for every person. Each person experiences their Dementia differently. Depending on how your interaction is with a person with Dementia can affect their illness. This can also be said for the environment to where they live or even go to for shopping.
The Symptoms most commonly related to Dementia are; forgetfulness, clumsiness, and jumbled speech.
WHO IS AT RISK?
There is around around 850,000 people in the UK with Dementia in 2015. It mainly affects people over the age of 65. Developing Dementia increases greatly with age. It can affect people younger than 65 years of age: there are more than 40,000 people in the UK under 65 with Dementia.
WHAT IS THE IMPACT?
THE INDIVIDUAL:
A person suffering from Dementia may become unaware that something is wrong or why they are feeling the way they are. This can change a person’s mood and affect their normal day-to-day character.
May people suffering with dementia also suffer from depression as their self-esteem is low because of how they feel about what is going on with mental state.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS:
May experience feelings of being over whelmed in the sudden change with their loved one. This can result in visits being less frequent as some loved ones would not like to see their loved one in that state and associate their memories of the individual with Dementia or just the illness itself instead of how or who the individual was before. Also some loved ones may feel as though the individual with dementia may be depending on them too much and this can interfere with their life too.
CARERS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS:
People looking after individuals with Dementia may experience behaviour that challenges from the individual being Cared for, or they may experience confusion from the individual. There are situations where Care staff have been told by the individual with dementia that they may want something to be done and then when the carer has performed the task as stated by the individual that they haven’t done what they had asked them or that they never asked them to do the task in the first place. This can become very stressful and confusing for the individual with Dementia and for the Carer.
HOW WE CAN HELP…
We have a lot of experience working with people with Dementia. We have learned a lot from our years of caring and studying the condition first hand. We know that care should be provided in an individual manner and there is no exception with looking after people affected by dementia. We will put a Care plan together with the help of loved ones and the individual themselves to come up with the best personalised Care for you or your loved one.
All our care team have our collective experience on Caring for people with Dementia through our specialised training and experience.
We review you or your love ones Care regularly to make sure that the best care is being delivered.
We understand that communication is the key. This is not only with methods of Caring for you or a loved one but also with informing you, your loved ones or other Care professionals with the details that you need to be shared with regarding how to Care for you and the changes that may be occurring.
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