Question

mrs green is a client

b. Mrs. Green is a client of your agency. She has been diagnosed with multi-infarct (vascular) dementia. She has been assessed to be in the first stage and is only mildly forgetful the majority of the time. She is most comfortable when she gets the answers she needs, although she may forget them in a short period of time. Today she asks you, Have you seen my daughter? I haven't seen her in a very long time." You know that Mrs. Green's daughter visits on a regular basis but you are unsure as to when she was last in. (5 marks) i) What is dementia? ii) What is meant by multi-infarct dementia? iii) How might Mrs. Green's forgetfulness interfere with her safety needs? iv) Considering effective communication techniques, how would you respond to Mrs. Green? v) Explain how this approach would be helpful. 7. "When a resident is cognitively impaired, does it really matter whether he/she is attractively dressed? Are we just trying to make an impression on visitors and other residents? If the confused resident doesn't know or care how he/she is dressed, why should we? It's not bothering him/her." (2 marks) n Y Module 11. Cognitive and Mental unior A 15

Answer 1

1) Dementia is a group of diseases which affects the brian function such as memory loss and judgement.It interfere with dialy activities.Alzheimers is the main cause of dementia.

2)Multi infarct dementia.

It is mainly affected to older people who suffered from multiple strokes.In this memory loss is seen because of brain damage due to strokes.

3)She may forget to take medication or while cooking or doing activities she may forget what she is doing it and may result in problems.She may forget her doctor appointment.She may forget to eat.

4)First I would calm mrs.green and explain to her that her daughter visits her regularly and I would explain to mrs.green that she may have forgotten about her daughter visits with her and explain that her daughter will visit her soon.

5)By doing this mrs.green will have the answer she wants and she will be comfortable and by explaining to her she would know that her daughter may visit her soon again.