All the things you take for granted in the course of your day — taking care of your personal needs like bathing, going to the bathroom, preparing and eating a meal, doing a load of laundry — can become monumental challenges for a dementia patient as th...
Estimated median survival time from onset of dementia to death was 4.1 years (interquartile range 2.5-7.6) for men and 4.6 years (2.9-7.0) for women. There was a difference of nearly seven years in survival between the younger old and the oldest people with dementia: 10.7 (25th centile ...
Care for this patient population is mostly provided by unlicensed staff, "who may be particularly vulnerable and ill-prepared for depression-related behaviors in residents with dementia," say Glenise McKenzie (Oregon Health and Science University, Ashland, USA) and colleagues. For the study, the ...
"What we found was startling. They're making really hard decisions because they want to make sure that person withdementiais being cared for. They are sacrificing their own needs and health care, and making decisions about theiremployment-- cutting back, and in some cases working more. It's...
As a patient moves from mild to moderate dementia, some home modifications that may include removal of throw rugs, installation of locks and safety latches, and the addition of a commode in the bedroom often need to be made. This is also the time when the palliative care team should be ...
- 《Dementia & Geriatric Cognitive Disorders》 被引量: 17发表: 2004年 Caring for the Alzheimer's patient: the impact of the illness on the caregiver OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the subjective impact of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) on the lives of the primary family caregivers of patients suffering ...
Caring For The Alzheimer Patient With Chapters On The Medical Aspects Of The Dementia Caused By Alzheimer's, This Work Includes: Optimal Living Environments For Alzheimer Patients; Techniq... Dippel,R Lynne,Hutton,... 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Book ReviewCaring for the Alzheimer Patient: A practica...
At each encounter with a person afflicted with dementia, it's appropriate for healthcare professionals to ask, "While the caregiver is taking care of the patient, who is caring for the caregiver?" Screening for caregiver stress and intervening before stress turns into burnout is part of good ...
"In developing the curriculum for the life review training class, explicit learning objectives and content were designed to educate the non-health care professional on the process of conducting a lifereview," said Brohard. "The impact of supporting caregivers and people living with dementia is vita...
Ethical Dilemmas About Intensive Care for Patients with AIDS For incompetent patients decisions should be made jointly by physicians and appropriate patient-surrogates in light of the previously expressed wishes of the ... B Lo,TA Raffin,NH Cohen,... - 《Clinical Infectious Diseases》 被引量: 6...