List five cultural considerations and perspectives

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Case Study : Lucy

Lucy is a 64 years woman who moved from an Aboriginal community to the city when she was 16 years old looking for work. She meets her partner a Torres Strait Islander man when she was 18, they have lived together for 39 years, her husband passed away 7 years ago. They raised a family of six children, these days she is a great-grandmother. While raising their family in the city they had strong community links with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (family and friends), she had only one non-Indigenous friend from her husband work. She was diagnosed with head injury related dementia four years ago, after a car accident. Her family are very supportive, but now they have families of their own. They cannot handle the aggressive behaviour their mother shows, when she was growing them up she was a very patient lady and only sometimes showed her temper. Now she gets angry without being provoked, they can't understand why, so they moved her to a non-Indigenous hostel, her angry behaviours are getting worse. Lucy children are also starting to fight amongst each other. Lucy wanders around the facility and very restless in the evening, keep repetition sentences the hostel has one Torres Strait Islander carer(Jing) who seems to be able to calm Lucy easily, when she talks Creole to her and brings in some Torres Strait Islander food. This carer is starting to explain to the children what type of dementia their mother has, and asking Lucy's children what she used to like before the dementia.

Questions.

1. As per case scenario how is Jing beneficial to the resident (Lucy) when she is aggressive? List three reason.

2. List five cultural considerations and perspectives while providing care to Lucy?

3. What are the activities you can implement to manage challenging behaviour of Lucy? List one

Example of activity for each challenging behaviour?

Challenging behaviour Activity

1. Wandering:
2. Physical and verbal aggression:
3. Agitation and anxiety
4. Repetitive behaviours:
5. Depression:
6. Sundowning

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