Dementia and Behaviour - Resources
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Segment 1: What is dementia?
What is dementia? (4 mins 5 secs)
Segment 2: Understanding the brain
Brain 101 (3 mins 58 secs)
Segment 3: Brain differences
Your amazing brain - Dementia explained (6 mins 25 secs)
Segment 4: Conditions that are not dementia
Conditions that mimic dementia (6 mins 25 secs)
Segment 5: Reversible dementias
Reversing Dementia: NPH (1 min 13 secs)
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus is not in the listed reversable dementias, but it shows that what is diagnosed as dementia is in fact not dementia
Segment 6: Irreversible dementias
Irreversible dementias (1 min 51 secs)
Segment 8: Diagnosis of dementia
How to get a diagnosis of dementia? (1 min 51 secs)
The experience of a diagnosis of dementia (3 mins 52 secs)
Segment 9: Stages of dementia
Stages of dementia – do they matter? (7 mins 51 secs)
Segment 10: Co-existing conditions
Research finds link between blood pressure and dementia (1 min 30 secs)
COPD and cognitive impairment (1 min 10 secs)
Segment 11: End of life care
Achieving dignity for those with dementia (11 mins 9 secs)
This is also relevant to segments 16, 17 and 18
Segment 13: Meaningful activities
Engaging people with meaningful activities (7 mins 33 secs)
Segment 14: Restraint and person’s rights
Restraint – A human rights issue (12 mins 47 secs)
Segment 15: Restraints and processes
Fit and healthy after coming off chemical restraint (2 mins 29 secs)
This is also relevant for segments 14 and 15
Avoid using restraints (2 mins 52 secs)
Segment 16: Making decisions - ACD
Arthur talks about his experience with advance care planning (5 mins 46 secs)
Segment 17: What is an Enduring Power of Attorney?
What are EPS’s? (1 min 30 secs)
Segment 18: Making decisions – Advanced Directives
What Are Advanced Directives? (1 min 54 secs)
Dementia - Describe and Support: Multi-Choice Questions