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Tilda Hammersmith is a 76 year old woman with dementia, who lives in a care home She has trouble with orientation in time and space. Most of the time she doesn’t know what day it is and what she’s supposed to do that day. She also has problems starting and finishing actions, such as getting dressed and having lunch. Her lacking skills caused her to become anxious and aggressive  towards  the  care  staff.  Eventually  she  stopped  eating  and  taking  care  of  herself altogether. It now seems Mrs. Hammersmith is falling into a depression

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Dementia is a disease from the brain.

And how the disease develops. The connections between braincells disappear. When the disease develop the braincells disappear and shrink the brain. The diseas wil slowing shrink your brain and you are losing thing slowly from your live.

People with dementia can have different symptoms of losing things. for example your behavior can change in a good way but also in a bad way, your speech can be affected, your daily and night rhythm can may have been flipped, you can live in another age pfase then you are now, you can lose the faces of your loving one without knowing that and there are many more symptoms.

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Galantamine:

- Galantamine strengthens the action of the cranial nerves. As a result, it slows memory deterioration in some people.

- This medicine is used in dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease.

- Take this medicine during or just after breakfast. Then nausea is less likely to occur.

- In addition to nausea, the following also occur: abdominal pain, diarrhea and loss of appetite. Also, galantamine can make you dizzy, sleepy, tired and reduce responsiveness

- Be careful with alcohol, which can make you suffer.
galantamine | Apotheek.nl

Memantine:

- Improves the functioning of the cranial nerves, slowing the decline of memory in some people.

Symptoms: dizzy, sleepy, tired.

Take the dose once a day at a fixed time, for example during breakfast.

Donepezil:

- Donepezil strengthens the functioning of the cranial nerves. Because of this, it slows down the deterioration of memory in some people.

-Possible side effects: gastrointestinal complaints, dizziness, weight loss, insomnia

-How to use this medication: you take the tablet 1 time a day with a glass of water.

Rivastigmine

-  Rivastigmine is a type af medication for Alzheimer disease. Sometimes they use Rivastigmine for Lewy body dementia.

With Rivastigmine, memory deteriorates less quickly.

-  Capsules: take during or just after breakfast and dinner. You will then have less nausea.

- Plasters: stick the plaster on a clean, dry spot on your back, upper arm or chest. Change the plaster with a new one at the same time every day. Stick the new plaster in a different place. Wait at least 2 weeks before using an area again.

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- Breakfast
Madam eats two jam sandwisches in the morning with a cup of tea.

- lunch
Madam eats 1 sandwich with butter and chees. also a glass of milk and a bowl with different kinds of fruit.

- Dinner
Every evening there is someting different on the menu,
there are always greens for dinner.
Sometimes madam eats meat and sometimes she gets fish. And with greens madam gets always mashed aardappelen aardappelen.
Once a week, foreign food is on the menu

- Snacks/ Drinks
Between breakfast and lunch, madam gets a gingerbread with butter on top and a cup of coffee or tea.

Between lunch and diner, madam gets another cup of coffee or tea and a biscuit.

After dinner a round 20:00pm, madam gets a cup of coffee or tea. And in the weekends madam can get a eggnog with whipped cream if she wants.

And if madam gets thirsty she can get juice anytime they want.

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Mrs. Hammersmith can attend gym classes and there is opportunity for various activities, such as course ball and swimming. There are also opportunities to take a walk outside with a caregiver or on the duo bike.

Research shows that exercise can improve memory and slow mental decline.

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social activities
it is good for madam to participate in social activities within the organization. one-on-one contact is also important. so madam does not get lonely.

Smoking
Cigarette smoke is bad for your health. there sit more than four thousand chemical dust in Cigarette smoke. and forty cancer dust in a cigarette. for heart patiënts can smoking be fatal.

Madam has smoking before, but since here dementia is she forgotten that she was addicted to a Cigarette.

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Robotica:
The use of robots is also increasing in the care of people with dementia. Examples are the seal Paro or robot cat Joy for All.

Apps and Games:
Much care technology is currently created with safety in mind. But it is also becoming increasingly common for people with dementia to interact with more everyday technology like smartphones and tablets. Playing a game or looking at pictures can give a lot of pleasure.

GPS Technology:
Een GPS- of lokalisatie-systeem kan de vrijheid voor mensen met dementie vergroten. Alleen zijn er veel verschillende systemen op de markt.

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Wat is dementie? | Alzheimer Nederland (alzheimer-nederland.nl)

Medicijnen tegen dementie | Alzheimer Nederland (alzheimer-nederland.nl)

Apotheek.nl

hoe ziet het brein eruit met dementie - Bing images

Roken is slecht: waarom is roken slecht? | Mens en Gezondheid: Verslaving (infonu.nl)

Technologie en dementie | Kennisplein Zorg voor Beter

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Tess:
I learnt a lot, what dementia is, what medication works for dementia, what to eat in dementia etcetera.
I learnt what does and does not work with dementia and how to interact with people.

Other than that, the cooperation in our little group was pretty good. I liked working in Padlet.

Esther:
I liked the way via padlet work. I found the assignment interesting and learned a lot more about the subject of dementia. The cooperation of my group went well, but it could be better.

Inge:
I enjoyed working through Padlet and figuring everything out together with the group, learned a lot from it.

Demi
I like the way how we make this assignment. Its a creative manner to present this. I like the way that we working in groups and the subjects are verry interesting. I have learnt a lot from this assignment.

Charlene:
I enjoyed doing this assignment because you completely figure out how tilda lives.