Essays on Dementia

Dementia is the consequence of lack of intelligence, which has repercussions on the way of thinking, reasoning and memorizing. Behavioural competence is also altered as it hinders day to day activity. Dementia grants itself as a wide spectrum from the benign stage, when it is affecting the person mildly and at a mellow stage, up to the harshest stage, where the patient needs others help for his activities of daily living. Cortical and subcortical dementias are two types of dementias.…...

The two characters chosen for this essay are those played by Judie Dench (Kate Winslet plays the younger Iris Murdoch) from the movie Iris and Rachel McAdams from The Notebook. The movie Iris, starring Judie Dench and Jim Broadbent is a masterpiece of the drama genre. The movie is a biographical account of British novelist Iris Murdoch, as it traces her life from early adulthood till her old age and ultimate demise. The film The Notebook, on the other hand…...

Description: What happened? I recently attended a study day for my NVQ level 3 Health and Social Care course. The study day comprised of an hour session on reflective writing and completing reflections. One of the NVQ assessors gave a talk around the requirements of reflective writing and its importance as a skill within the healthcare setting. Models such as Gibbs (1988) reflection model were discussed and templates provided to aid the NVQ students in the completion of their coursework.…...

Alzheimer’s disease is an incurable neurodegenerative disease (progressive loss of neurons) of the brain tissue that causes progressive and irreversible loss of mental functions, including memory. This is the most common form of dementia in humans. It was first described by German physician Alois Alzheimer in 1906. The exact causes of Alzheimer’s disease are still unknown. Genetic and environmental factors contribute to its onset and development. However, there are known risk factors: some genetic anomalies, factors of cardiovascular risk or…...