This document contains notes from a unit on dementia awareness. The aim of the unit is to provide knowledge about dementia and its symptoms. Key learning outcomes include describing dementia, identifying parts of the brain, and outlining functions affected by dementia. The document outlines several types of dementia and their symptoms through presentations, videos, and individual research tasks. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing signs of dementia in patients.

1. Unit HSC 04- Dementia
awareness
24th April 2017
Week 1

2. Time to think……..
• Words from the letters in:
• hallucinations
Hallucinations happen when someone
sees, hears , smells , tastes or feels
things that do not exist outside their
mind

3. HSC 04-Unit Aim
• The aim of this unit is to provide learners
with knowledge and understanding of
dementia.
• Assignment hand-in date:
Wednesday 7th June

4. Learning Outcomes
• Describe what is meant by the term
dementia
• Identify four parts of the brain
• Summarise the key functions of the brain

5. Board Blast
• Let’s see what we already know- what is
dementia?

6. Dementia
Definitions
• ‘Dementia is a syndrome (a group of related
symptoms) that is associated with an ongoing decline
of the brain and its abilities. These include: thinking,
language, memory, understanding and judgement.’
• (Source: www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia)
• The brain is part of the body’s nervous system.
• When the brain becomes damaged, causing a person
to have problems such as not remembering things, not
thinking clearly or even losing the ability to speak

7. Have you met your
objectives?

8. How does the brain work?
• Parts of the Brain
• Watch the clip and take notes.

9. Matching Game
Match the description to parts of the brain.

10. Individual Creative Task
• Using the information from the clip and
matching game create an informative
creative diagram of the brain.

11. Have you met your
objectives?

12. Task
• Small group research activity.
• Using the Nursing Times or Newspaper
Article read through and pick out
important facts about dementia.
• Bibliography example:- Nursing Times Vol
112 ( no 43/44 November ) pp 19

13. Unit HSC 04- Dementia
awareness
25th April 2017

14. Learning Outcomes
• Research the likely signs and symptoms
of a common type of dementia.

15. IT/DIS Task-Types of Dementia
• Pick one of the types of dementia to
research and produce a powerpoint slide.
• Remember to reference and send through
to me.

16. Unit HSC 04- Dementia
awareness
26th April 2017

17. Time to Think………….
• Memory Starter

18. Learning Outcomes
• Outline the likely signs and symptoms of
the most common causes of dementia
• Describe six types of dementia

19. In the future, more people will
be affected by dementia…
Currently, there are
850,000 people in
the UK living with
dementia.
That is equivalent
to more than 22
Wembley stadiums
at full capacity.

20. Recap
• Circle time.
• Throw the dice to name a part of the brain.
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2
3
4 5
6

21. Presentations
• Students presentations

22. https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/info/20007/types_of_dementia/5/vascular_dementia/3
Accessed 25-4-17

23. Dementia With Lewy Bodies
 Shares symptoms with both Alzheimer’s disease
and Parkinsons disease.
 Accounts for 10-15% of all cases of dementia
 Lewy bodies affect the brain and nervous
system
 Lewy bodies at the base of the brain are closely
linked to problems with movement.
 Lewy bodies in the outer layers of the
brain are linked to problems with mental
abilities

24. Individual Task Nursing times
• Research signs and symptoms of
Alzheimer’s disease.
• Read and make notes from your research.

25. Frontal-temporal dementia (FTD)
• FTD

26. Terry Jones
• Monty Python Star

27. Individual Information Hunt
• Using the information from the presentations and the clip
that you have seen together with information posts from
around the classroom complete your individual table.
• Produce a table to show six types of dementia with
descriptions:-
Type of dementia Description

28. Unit HSC 04- Dementia
awareness
27th April 2017

29. Time to think………..
• Word square- All that you have to do is make dictionary
words of any length from the letters in the grid – the
bigger the better! The only restriction is that the word
must contain the central letter.
• Can you find the nine letter word!
U I T
N T O
Q A O

30. QUOTATION
A piece of writing exactly as it was
written in the story or poem. It must
not be changed in any way.
Have you used a quotation
within your work today to
justify your ideas?

31. Learning Outcomes
• Describe the likely signs and symptoms of
the most common causes of dementia
• Outline the key functions of the brain that
are affected by dementia
• Discuss why it is important to recognise
and value a service user with dementia

32. Did you know?
• 64% of people living in care homes have a
form of dementia
• 33% of people over the age of 95 have
dementia
• An unhealthy lifestyle, including heavy
smoking, drinking and obesity, can affect
the circulation and therefore the blood
supply to the brain causing damage.

33. Recap
• Outline types of dementia?
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
D1

35. Have you met your
objectives?

36. Graffiti Boards
• What are the signs and symptoms of
dementia?

38. Loss of Memory
• This is the most common feature of
dementia and can cause the most
difficulties and anxieties for the person
living with dementia.
• In short-term memory, the memories are
the most recent and help us to remember
new experiences.
• In long-term memory, the memories are
from past events.

39. Individual Creative Task
Put together a poster which describes
and highlights signs and symptoms of
dementia. You need to explain the
symptoms using full sentences. For
example, interpreting the world means
dementia suffers may not
understand……….

40. Have you met your
objectives?

41. Review
• Kahoot!!