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| People with dementia in acute hospital settings |
| Author(s) | Carole Archibald |
| Corporate Author | Dementia Services Development Centre - DSDC, University of Stirling |
| Publisher | University of Stirling, Stirling, 2002 |
| Pages | 89 pp (Series for clinicians: improving clinical and professional knowledge) |
| Source | Dementia Services Development Centre, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA. www.stir.ac.uk/dsdc |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Confusion ; Nursing ; Hospital services ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | The aim of this publication is to review current literature to inform nurses about the complex issues which may arise when people with dementia are admitted to acute care hospitals. It introduces the biomedical aspects of dementia, and then covers: challenging behaviours; delirium; interventions for older people and people with dementia and with delirium; hip fractures; and delayed discharge. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030207002 B |
| Classmark | EA: EDC: LQ: LD: 64A |
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