dementia or confusion?

30-Jul-2011 11:15 pm

Where you work are you working with People with Demenita or not?

If you think a person has Dementia there are some signs, But It may be that the person may just be forgetful and doesnt have dementia at all. If you have any concerns about what you refered to about in this message Talk to your manager and they may know weather to Assess the person for Dementia. There is a Test that can be done to Determin if a person as Dementia.

I hope this helps you.

I myself work within a Care Facilty that has Dememtia unit.

24-Aug-2011 0:35 am

"deteroriation of old age" mental deterioration is not considered normal in an ageing person therefore you would have to consider other factors. Probably the most important information of use would be knowing what is the persons pre- illness cognitive state.
Here in Australia there is some movement toward teaching those who lack a specialised aged care education about a condition known as "delirium", the bare bones of this is, any aged person is quite likely to suffer all the symptoms of confusion/dementia, however, this is normally a transitory state. Causes are likely to be any illness really, anaesthetics, medications, infections, abnormal U& E's, in fact in aged care facilities the first thing the nurse thinks about when faced with any change in behaviours is UTI,

really hope this helps, so happy you recognise this problem and actually want to do something about it, good on you!
hope this helps