Reference no: EM133855831

Assignment:

Case Study A:

You work in a Residential Aged Care facility and one of the residents is a lovely elderly lady named Mary who has dementia. She is very impulsive and has difficulty understanding instructions,

You have almost finished showering Mary when another carer knocks and asks for you to help transferring another resident with the lifting machine. You hand Mary the showering hose and tell her not to move you will be back in a minute.

You go and help the other carer and when you return you find Mary on the floor in the bathroom moaning.

Questions:

• Identify the potential risks of showering someone with dementia.
• How would you manage this risk?
• How would this affect your Duty of Care?
• What process do you need to follow to meet organisation requirements in this instance?

Behaviours of concern / Challenging Behaviours

a) List three (3) challenging behaviours that people with dementia may display

b) In reference to dementia, what is meant by the term BPSD?

2. Give a description of a trigger in relation to behaviours?

3. How would you deal with behaviours of concern / challenging behaviors?

Case Study B:

Matthew has begun urinating in unusual places. There have been several instances with one family of another resident finding him urinating in their father's room.

Staff raised these behaviours as a concern. The specific behaviors were observed and documented accordingly. Staff realised for their brainstorming that Matthew is not actually incontinent but must be having problems interpreting where or what a toilde is.

Questions:

• What Suggest two (2) possible strategies to reduce Matthew's behavior
• Where would you record your observation of Matthew's behaviour?
• What process would be necessary to review Matthew's behavior?
• Monitoring own stress levels whilst working with people with dementia / self care strategies and seeking support if required.
• Caring for people with dementia can be stressful and tiring.. Why do you think this is so?

Briefly outline how a carrer's emotional state (i.e. tired / depressed), may impact on the care they provide to a resident / client with dementia.

a) What strategies could you use if a person with dementia was continually screaming your name, verbally abusing you and wandering off?

b) How would you cope with this over time if was happening every time you were rostered on?

c) Who would you seek support from in your workplace?

4. How might you provide support and guidencce to your buddies suffering work related stress?