patient's survival or comfort.1 In addition, research shows most family members who consent to tube feeding for a loved one with advanced dementia come to regret their decision.2 Your fictional patient in Room 140 will most likely die, with or without a tube, in an environment lacking the ...
PurposeMost health outcome measures for chronic diseases do not incorporate specific health goals of patients and caregivers. To elicit patient-centered goals for dementia care, we conducted a qualitative study using focus groups of people with early-stage dementia and dementia caregivers.MethodsWe condu...
we have defined a unique set of recommendations for ACP in people living with dementia. These recommendations form a valuable tool for educating healthcare professionals on how to perform ACP across settings.
There was no association between the GP knowing the patient and trust in the pre-test and having an ACP conversation during the implementation. For people who had had an ACP conversation at the end of the implementation period their trust remained more often the same or was higher after ...
doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.4657 Key Points Question Can a patient-facing, online program called PREPARE For Your Care plus an easy-to-read advance directive increase advance care planning documentation and engagement compared with the easy-to-read advance directive alone? Findings In this ...
Ultimately, the nurse’s expertise and judgment shape the care plan to prioritize each patient’s needs. Here are examples of nursing diagnoses that may be useful for common concerns associated with acute pain:Acute Pain related to tissue injury from surgical incision AEB patient reporting a pain...
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Hydration for Impaired Cognitive Ability Impaired cognitive abilityis everything from dementia to learning disabilities to certain behavioral disorders; anything that may cause a patient to need help in daily living. Maintaining adequate hydration in these patients, particularly older ones, is truly one ...
The number of older people in prisons is increasing across the globe. Many have poor physical and mental health, higher prevalence of head injury, cognitive impairment and dementia than found in community populations. Meeting the complex needs of this vu
The study will use 1:1 randomization of patient-caregiver dyads, and sites will enroll N = 424 dyads of hospitalized patients with late-stage ADRD with their family caregivers. Intervention dyads will receive the ADRD-PC program of (1) dementia-specific palliative care, (2) standardized ...