to eat and talk. This means that a person with dementia can forget how important it is to eat and drink‚ which means they may also lose sense of hunger and thirst. This can become a problem and put the service user’s health at risk. Functional changes is losing ability to remember how do simple tasks‚ such as using cutlery to eat. Instead‚ some people find easier to pick up food by hand‚ so finger food should be provided. This might be a good way to avoid confusion and distress for a client. Emotional
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Support Individuals to Eat and Drink 1.3 Describe ways to resolve any difficulties or dilemmas about the choice of food and drink A resident at our care home is diabetic‚ so some foods are different to others as it has small sugar content. When bringing out puddings after dinner staff usually do diabetics first then everyone elses. However‚ the individual expressed her feelings and shared that she was fed up of having the diabetic pudding as she felt different to everyone else. Staff explained
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when they eat and which child cannot eat certain food because of their religion or culture. Before I started to give out the food for the children I had to read the food policies and procedures to know how to serve the food and drink for the children. At my placement I learnt how to monitor the children when they ate and how much they ate‚ and also about their allergies. I had to monitor how much the children drink and I had to make sure that they drink enough water or milk. If I had any problems or
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suggests ways to help. A person with dementia may no longer recognise the food in front of them. They may struggle to use a knife and fork as co-ordination becomes difficult. The person may not open their mouths as food approaches and may need reminding to do so. Food may be difficult to chew or swallow or they may not want to accept assistance with eating. 1.2.- Dementia can greatly affect a person’s relationship to food and eating. The behavioural‚ emotional and physical changes that take place
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SOCIAL CARE H SOCIAL CARE HEALTH A CARE HEALTH AND SOC AND SOCIAL CARE HEA RE QUALIFICATIONS HE ALTH AND SOCIAL CARE EXEMPLAR SOCIAL CARE HEALTH A CANDIDATE WORK CARE HEALTH AND SOC TH AND SOCIAL CARE H UNIT HSC 2014 support individuals to eat and drink Unit HSC 2014 2 Unit HSC 2014 CONTENTS Introduction Page 4 Unit Purpose Page 5 Evidence for Learning Outcome 1 ACS 1.1 and 1.2 Commentary for Evidence for ACS 1.1 and 1.2 Page 6 Page 6
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their levels of functioning will deteriorate and will not be able to manage many tasks like preparing food‚ shopping‚ cleaning‚ washing‚ bathing and eating‚ this will gradually become worse. Cognitive changes will affect their ability to communicate‚ they will find it hard to listen‚ remember and interact with people and this will affect their diet. They many also find they have problems chewing food and swallowing so again this will affect their nutrition and health. Changes in their behaviour are
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suggests ways to help. A person with dementia may no longer recognise the food in front of them. They may struggle to use a knife and fork as co-ordination becomes difficult. The person may not open their mouths as food approaches and may need reminding to do so. Food may be difficult to chew or swallow or they may not want to accept assistance with eating. 2. Dementia can greatly affect a person’s relationship to food and eating. The behavioural‚ emotional and physical changes that take place
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4222-222 Outcome 1 3. There are many different ways to resolve difficulties when a resident is choosing food and drink. You always give them a choice of things. If there’s nothing you find out what they want and do your best to get it for them. If that isn’t an option then you talk to them about what there is. Give them your opinion. Even if they only eat a little as long as they eat and drink. 4. You go and get assistance when nothing you try is resolving the problem. If the resident gets agitated
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suffering with dementia may need to be prompted to eat at regular intervals. The individual may be sight impaired making it difficult to eat independently. An individual suffering with dysphagia and have difficulty swallowing. They would require their food to be pureed or may need to be fed via P.E.G. tube. Some individuals may need to be fed if they do not have the use of their hands. There are many different levels and types of support depending on the individuals circumstances.
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plans and ignore that day or tell a lie to him about another plan. The next step‚ you need to prepare everything for the party‚ such as: food‚ decoration and drink. You need to buy some candles‚ balloons or you can print some pictures to decorate. Then make sure that you have enough food and drinks for the guests. You can choose candy‚ some finger food or fast food: beer‚ wine or soda‚ depending on the kind of party. However‚ don’t forget a cake and candle. Lastly‚ you should call the guests to tell
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