Dementia

1. Unit HSC 04- Dementia
awareness
2nd May 2017
Week 2

2. IT/DIS Task
• Research the ‘National Dementia Strategy
2009’ and put the information in a
FactSheet.
• What is the Prime Minster’s Challenge on
dementia?
• Remember to reference your work.
D3

3. Time to Think…………
• Times Table Bingo

4. Learning Outcomes
• Summarise key facts about the ‘National
Dementia Strategy 2009’
• Explain legislation and frameworks in
relation to dementia care
• Outline key features of the theoretical
models of dementia
• Describe the social model of dementia

5. Recap
• What does the ‘National Dementia Strategy 2009’
inform us about?
• Prime Ministers Challenge on dementia:-
• “By 2020 I want England to be:
• the best country in the world for dementia care
and support and for people with dementia, their
carers and families to live; and
• the best place in the world to undertake research
into dementia and other neurodegenerative
diseases.”
• www. Gov.uk ( accessed 27th April 2017)

6. Legislation
• Care Act 2014

7. Legislation- Individual Task
• Read through the Alzheimer’s document
about legislation relating to dementia and
gather information about legislation. Use
your two brain speech bubbles to create
an informative creative piece.
• Reference:- Tim McLachlan (no date) The
Care Act 2014 and Dementia 2 May 2017

8. Have you met your
objectives?

9. Unit HSC 04- Dementia
awareness
3RD May 2017

10. Learning Outcomes
• Outline key features of the theoretical
models of dementia
• Describe the social model of dementia
• Explain the benefits of the Dementia
Friends national strategy

11. Recap
• Outline the Department of Health-Living
well with Dementia strategy.

12. Dementia Village
• BBC news
• A dementia care home in the Netherlands
is experimenting with a new way of
treating patients by offering them an
"alternative reality".
• What are the benefits of the village?

13. Have you met your
objectives?

14. Medical Model of Dementia
The medical model of dementia describes the
physical problems of the condition, for example,
being unsteady, being unable to talk, being unable
to wash or dress or eat independently.

15. Social Model of Dementia
• The social model of dementia thinks
about society’s attitude to dementia. The
social model does not see the person with
the illness or disease as the problem, it
sees society as the problem.
• The social model emphasises that we
must see the person first.

16. Have you met your
objectives?

17. Unit HSC 04- Dementia
awareness
4TH May 2017

18. Time to think
• Words from the letters in:-
• Korsakoff’s
Alcohol-related brain impairment (Korsakoff’s
syndrome): dementia that comes from alcohol-
related brain impairment.

19. Learning Outcomes
• Describe the benefits of the Dementia
Friends national strategy.
• Explain three types of support available
for individuals with dementia.

20. Legal Tender!

21. Recap
• Name two Acts of Parliament relating to
dementia care.

22. Campaigns

23. Dementia Friends
• Bookcase Analogy

24. Paragraph
• How does the Dementia Friends national
campaign fit in with the social model of
dementia?

25. Support Available
• What kind of support is available for
individuals with dementia?
Following a diagnosis of dementia, one of
the first steps to take is to get a health and
social care assessment. www. nhs.uk

26. Individual Task
• Make a dementia friends flower write
about the support available on each flower
petal.

27. Have you met your
objectives?

28. Let’s play Taboo!!