Care of the dementia patient continues to be challenging. It is a terminal condition that many times goes undiagnosed leading to improper evidence-based interventions. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) should initiate goals of care conversations early with patients and their families in order to align ...
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 b...
Nowhere is this more crucial than in caring for the patient with end-stage Alzheimer's disease, where the goal of patient comfort can be so easily ruined by strict, unthinking adherence to standard medical procedures. The hospice approach has been greatly facilitated by the consensus developed ...
Two care areas that pose specific challenges for SPC nurses when caring for people with advanced dementia are pain and nutrition/hydration. Assessment and management of pain for a patient who has advanced dementia differs greatly from that for a typical palliative care patient. Similarly, nutrition ...
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...
times of people with dementia. Results found by the authors (median survival of 4.5 years) can effectively be used for prognosis and planning for patients, carers, service providers and policy makers. One growing concern with dementia is the organisation of the healthcare system: development of ...
Shah, MD; David A. Bennett, MD JAMA JAMA Patient Page Dementia Zoe Arvanitakis, MD, MS; David A. Bennett, MD JAMA Original Investigation Sleep Duration and Sleep Quality in Caregivers of Patients With Dementia Chenlu Gao, MA; Nikita Y. Chapagain, BS; Michael K. Scullin, PhD JAMA ...
The hospice has run a number of training events around dementia open to both qualified and non-qualified staff and has become part of the "dementia friends'" initiative. In addition the in-patient unit underwent an extensive refurbishment which aimed at making the environment more suitable for ...
s ability to focus, and plan around it. For instance, many people living with dementia communicate more clearly in the mornings versus later in the day. Make sure before you begin your discussion that your loved one is not hungry, and has had a chance to use the bathroom to avoid ...
Forty nurse participants each completed the 25-item, 5-point Likert scale Self-Efficacy in Dementia Care Survey. The quantitative data were descriptively analyzed to identify nursing training needed for tasks related to dementia patient care. Administrating medications, providing early management ...