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dementia impact on family dementia impact on family
Impact of dementia on the family: quality of life as a carer The effect of dementia on family carers is well documented. The Admiral Nursing Service was established to work specifically with family carers of people with dementia. Their assessment schedule focuses not only on the client’s needs but more significantly on those of the […]
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How does dementia affect the family?
How does dementia affect the family? The elderly are treated with respect and love in most families. When an elderly person starts behaving in an unusual manner, it causes the family a great deal of distress. The person may forget who his closest relatives are. Aggressive behaviour, agitation and confusion, and sexually inappropriate behaviour cause […]
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Advice to the person with epilepsy and family
Advice to the person with epilepsy and family • Epilepsy is a long-term illness which may need medication for many years. • Epilepsy is not caused by witchcraft or spirits. • The key to treating epilepsy is regularly taking the prescribed medicines. • People with epilepsy can lead normal lives with some adjustments. They can […]
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Family life during the depression
arental or family sources of depression Some people have been seriously depressed for most of their lives. Sometimes this can be traced back to the early loss of a parent, or a family disaster, or it can be traced to the fact that their main caregiving parent(s) were themselves seriously depressed, so they “learnt” to […]
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