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| Care for older people with a dementia in acute hospital settings | | Author(s) | Jan Dewing |
| Journal title | Nursing Older People, vol 13, no 3, May 2001 |
| Pages | pp 18-20 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Behaviour disorders ; Nursing ; Hospital services ; Case studies. |
| Annotation | Many difficult or challenging behaviours in older people with a dementia seen in acute care settings are indicators or cues to deeper needs being ignored. The behaviours are particularly challenging to nurses who do not have positive values about older people and dementia, and lack the necessary knowledge and learning in practice deal constructively with the older person. In this situation, resorting to ignoring the person, or to restrictive management based on a limited number of approaches, can become the norm. Through the use of a vignette, this article offers an introductory framework to aid understanding of behaviours in people with dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010504204 A |
| Classmark | EA: EP: LQ: LD: 69P |
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