Dementia
Introduction
This essay is aimed at stating a clear understanding of dementia, public health, wellbeing and disability; and to discuss the social and economic factors and circumstances which determine the health outcomes of individuals locally and nationally; to outline the public health policies regarding dementia with focus on local settings; and finally, to discuss the roles of the nurse as a public health practitioner and outline the NMC protocols regarding health, wellbeing , safeguarding adults and disability.
I choose to write on dementia because of the personal experience that I had while working as a Health Care Assistant at an NHS Trust hospital, furthermore, Lewis (2015) stated that the percentage of those born in the …show more content…
(2006); Lambert et al. (2014); Ray, S. & Davidson, S. (2014), the following are the types of dementia: Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular Dementia, Lewy body dementia and Frontotemporal dementia.
The most common symptoms include: memory loss, confusion, mood and personality changes, problems with planning and doing tasks in the right order. Dementia is diagnosed when the symptoms cause such problems with the everyday tasks of daily life that the person affected cannot carry on living independently, without care, any longer. (Ray & Davidson, 2014, p.9)
Causes of dementia?
According to Ray, S. & Davidson, S. (2014), there exist a 'genetic inheritance' to dementia but it is very rare and starts as from 60 years of age, whereas, the common starting age for most types of dementia is the age of 65 with a mixture of genetic and environmental link.
Emergent evidence is now seen as sufficient to identify early risk factors which can be modified by public health approaches. These are: Smoking; Obesity; Midlife high blood pressure (screening and management); Cholesterol (screening and management); Diabetes (screening and management); Depression. (Ray & Davidson, 2014, p.4)
What is Public …show more content…
Public health policies on Dementia
What is a health policy? Brownson et al. (2017) citing Schmid et al. (1995), defined Health policy as 'those laws, regulations, formal and informal rules and understanding that are adopted on a collective basis to guide individuals and collective behavior' (pp.4-5). There are regulations, acts etc. which are currently in place as health policies in the UK.
The acts which relate to dementia includes; The Care Act 2014, Safe Guarding Vulnerable Group Act 2006, The Data Protection Act, and Mental Capacity Act 2005. According to the UK Legislation (/www.legislation.gov.uk), these acts are vital in offering protection and services to those with dementia.
Among the most recent public policy towards a better public health in dementia is the Dementia Challenge, which was launched in 2012 by the former Prime Minister, David Cameron, according to the Alzheimers Society (n.d), and the aims of the health policy remains ‘driving improvements in health and care, creating dementia-friendly communities and improving dementia research’. To reach those affected the initiative embarked on local projects such as ‘Dementia services in Tower Hamlets, London’, ‘Community Care Model for Dementia at North East London NHS Foundation Trust’
Introduction
This essay is aimed at stating a clear understanding of dementia, public health, wellbeing and disability; and to discuss the social and economic factors and circumstances which determine the health outcomes of individuals locally and nationally; to outline the public health policies regarding dementia with focus on local settings; and finally, to discuss the roles of the nurse as a public health practitioner and outline the NMC protocols regarding health, wellbeing , safeguarding adults and disability.
I choose to write on dementia because of the personal experience that I had while working as a Health Care Assistant at an NHS Trust hospital, furthermore, Lewis (2015) stated that the percentage of those born in the …show more content…
(2006); Lambert et al. (2014); Ray, S. & Davidson, S. (2014), the following are the types of dementia: Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular Dementia, Lewy body dementia and Frontotemporal dementia.
The most common symptoms include: memory loss, confusion, mood and personality changes, problems with planning and doing tasks in the right order. Dementia is diagnosed when the symptoms cause such problems with the everyday tasks of daily life that the person affected cannot carry on living independently, without care, any longer. (Ray & Davidson, 2014, p.9)
Causes of dementia?
According to Ray, S. & Davidson, S. (2014), there exist a 'genetic inheritance' to dementia but it is very rare and starts as from 60 years of age, whereas, the common starting age for most types of dementia is the age of 65 with a mixture of genetic and environmental link.
Emergent evidence is now seen as sufficient to identify early risk factors which can be modified by public health approaches. These are: Smoking; Obesity; Midlife high blood pressure (screening and management); Cholesterol (screening and management); Diabetes (screening and management); Depression. (Ray & Davidson, 2014, p.4)
What is Public …show more content…
Public health policies on Dementia
What is a health policy? Brownson et al. (2017) citing Schmid et al. (1995), defined Health policy as 'those laws, regulations, formal and informal rules and understanding that are adopted on a collective basis to guide individuals and collective behavior' (pp.4-5). There are regulations, acts etc. which are currently in place as health policies in the UK.
The acts which relate to dementia includes; The Care Act 2014, Safe Guarding Vulnerable Group Act 2006, The Data Protection Act, and Mental Capacity Act 2005. According to the UK Legislation (/www.legislation.gov.uk), these acts are vital in offering protection and services to those with dementia.
Among the most recent public policy towards a better public health in dementia is the Dementia Challenge, which was launched in 2012 by the former Prime Minister, David Cameron, according to the Alzheimers Society (n.d), and the aims of the health policy remains ‘driving improvements in health and care, creating dementia-friendly communities and improving dementia research’. To reach those affected the initiative embarked on local projects such as ‘Dementia services in Tower Hamlets, London’, ‘Community Care Model for Dementia at North East London NHS Foundation Trust’