THE IMPACT OF DEMENTIA AND THE CHALLENGE FOR ......THE IMPACT OF DEMENTIA AND THE CHALLENGE FOR...
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Angela Clayton-Turner
Impact
Person with dementia
Carer and family
Country
Memory loss
Difficulties with thinking and planning
Mood changes
Language loss
Perceptual difficulties
Problems with everyday tasks
Movement disorders
Identify & maximise ability to move & function
Physical, psychological, social & environmental factors
Person centred
Enhance performance & participation in the community & the wider society
Alzheimers disease
Fronto temporal dementia
Posterior cortical atrophy
Dementia with Lewy bodies
Cortico basal dementia
Progressive supranuclear palsy
Multiple systems atrophy
Fear about the future
Distress at losing control over life
Guilt, bitterness and grief
Embarrassment and frustration
Agitation
Loss of standing balance & mobility
Loss of sitting balance
Aspiration pneumonia
Hypertonicity & contractures
Volunteer dementia buddy
Emotional memory
Calm, unhurried and gentle manner
Short words and simple sentences
Previous occupation
Promotes autonomy and independence
Manage potential risks
Facilitate memory and recall
Reduce carer stress
Delay entry into Care Home
Fear about the future
Bitter about diagnosis and losses
Loss of control over lives
Stress, depression and grief
Financial implications
Anger and frustration
Grief at changing relationship
Gradual loss of the person
Compulsion to care
Guilt
Anxiety
Sleep deprivation
Emotional burden
Lack of appreciation
Withdrawal and isolation
Decreased self worth
Burnout
Bewilderment
Their fault?
Loss of friends
Resentment and embarrassment
Loss of educational opportunities
Guilt
Key role and expert
Carer’s wellbeing
Information
Financial and legal aspects
Benefits
Support from local voluntary organisations
Understanding and concern for feelings
835,000 people with dementia in the UK
670,000 primary carers
Cost to the UK economy £26 billion/year
Prevalence of 1 in 6 aged over 80
Longer hospital stays
Battle for diagnosis and health & social care
Co morbidities not being treated
Human and economic cost is growing
Health & social care workforce unskilled in dementia care
All physiotherapists are
dementia aware and skilled in best approaches
Managers and colleagues value and support staff affected by dementia
Take an active role in dementia health promotion
Link isolated examples of research and clinical practice and implement by forming a dementia professional network
Join local Dementia Action Alliances
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