Community Based Theory Effectiveness For Alzheimer s Disease

Introduction Taking into account the fact that the problem of mental diseases has been very vividly discussed in the recent years, there is a need to provide a psychological research based on the methods of curing mental disorders. In order to provide a practical part of the analysis there is a need to refer to my personal experience. Having worked as a caregiver at Quality Care AFH, I have had enough experience with people requiring personalized care. The main psychological problems or diseases I came across when working there are mainly mental, such as memory problems, or illnesses which resulted from deep emotional traumas. So, the present research will be based on the†¦show more content†¦Jose M. C. de Almeida and H. Killaspy argue that the combination of pharmacological health programs with social curing programs is the most effective way of curing mental disease: â€Å"One of the main reasons why the rate of longer-term mental health service development is so often insufficient ha s to do with the lack of co-ordination between health services and services provided by other sectors, in particular the social sector.† (Caldas de Almeida, Killaspy, 2011) One of the examples from my care giving practice can be the work with senior people who suffered from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. There was a case with one of the patients having Alzheimer’s disease combined with partial memory loss. The man used to walk in unbuttoned shirts because he was either unable to button them or he was too irritated to do that. I was advised by colleagues and came to the conclusion that at least in order to lower the patient’s level of irritation group or personal discussions of the problem are required. Even though it was to some extent emotionally difficult to conduct successful discussions with people suffering from mental disorders conversation in the group of different women and men suffering from one disease really helped. Moreover, there were some walks with a couple of patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease as well as a number of picnics. This really helped patients to see the actual results of medication and their overall emotional state. Moreover, each social care