Angela Clayton-Turner

Impact

Person with dementia

Carer and family

Country

Memory loss

Difficulties with thinking and planning

Mood changes

Language loss

Perceptual difficulties

Problems with everyday tasks

Movement disorders

Identify & maximise ability to move & function

Physical, psychological, social & environmental factors

Person centred

Enhance performance & participation in the community & the wider society

Alzheimers disease

Fronto temporal dementia

Posterior cortical atrophy

Dementia with Lewy bodies

Cortico basal dementia

Progressive supranuclear palsy

Multiple systems atrophy

Fear about the future

Distress at losing control over life

Guilt, bitterness and grief

Embarrassment and frustration

Agitation

Loss of standing balance & mobility

Loss of sitting balance

Aspiration pneumonia

Hypertonicity & contractures

Volunteer dementia buddy

Emotional memory

Calm, unhurried and gentle manner

Short words and simple sentences

Previous occupation

Promotes autonomy and independence

Manage potential risks

Facilitate memory and recall

Reduce carer stress

Delay entry into Care Home

Fear about the future

Bitter about diagnosis and losses

Loss of control over lives

Stress, depression and grief

Financial implications

Anger and frustration

Grief at changing relationship

Gradual loss of the person

Compulsion to care

Guilt

Anxiety

Sleep deprivation

Emotional burden

Lack of appreciation

Withdrawal and isolation

Decreased self worth

Burnout

Bewilderment

Their fault?

Loss of friends

Resentment and embarrassment

Loss of educational opportunities

Guilt

Key role and expert

Carer’s wellbeing

Information

Financial and legal aspects

Benefits

Support from local voluntary organisations

Understanding and concern for feelings

835,000 people with dementia in the UK

670,000 primary carers

Cost to the UK economy £26 billion/year

Prevalence of 1 in 6 aged over 80

Longer hospital stays

Battle for diagnosis and health & social care

Co morbidities not being treated

Human and economic cost is growing

Health & social care workforce unskilled in dementia care

All physiotherapists are

dementia aware and skilled in best approaches

Managers and colleagues value and support staff affected by dementia

Take an active role in dementia health promotion

Link isolated examples of research and clinical practice and implement by forming a dementia professional network

Join local Dementia Action Alliances

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