Care Dependency
Patient system Professional system Assessment Agreement Perspective The patient communicates his care demand explicitly (real or unreal) The nurse affirms the care demand Joint goal for action Decreased patient’s dependency…
Polypharmacy in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
Fig. 10.1 Systematic tool to reduce inappropriate prescribing Step 1: Pharmacotherapeutic history taking This is a vital element of the medication review. In the case of nursing home residents with…
Quality of Life of People with Dementia in Nursing Homes
Fig. 11.1 Number of publications indexed in Medline [PubMed] using quality of life and dementia as search terms, search date: 28.09.2016 There is no general accepted definition about what is…
Staff Training and Education
Fig. 8.1 Organizational support for dementia program (Adapted from Werezak and Morgan 2003) Honoring clients, their values, personality, and preferences are all characteristics that help define how clients will be…
Psychosocial Interventions
Adaptive tasks Adaptive domains Coping with own invalidity Cognitive adaptation Developing an adequate relationship with the staff Maintaining an emotional balance Emotional adaptation Maintaining a positive self-image Preparing for an…
The Prevention and Reduction of Physical Restraint Use in Long-Term Care
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Sandra Schüssler and Christa Lohrmann (eds.)Dementia in Nursing Homes10.1007/978-3-319-49832-4_16 16. The Prevention and Reduction of Physical Restraint Use in Long-Term Care Jan Hamers1 (1) Department of Health Services Research, Research School…
Dementia Care in Nursing Homes Requires a Multidisciplinary Approach
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Sandra Schüssler and Christa Lohrmann (eds.)Dementia in Nursing Homes10.1007/978-3-319-49832-4_15 15. Dementia Care in Nursing Homes Requires a Multidisciplinary Approach Jos Schols1 and Tinie Kardol2 (1) Department of Health Services Research, School Caphri,…
Depression in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
Fig. 13.1 The care program act in case of depression (Updated from Leontjevas et al. (2013a). Permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.) 13.2.1 Element 1: Stepwise Depression Assessment For…
End-of-Life Care and Advance Care Planning in Dementia
Fig. 12.1 The clinical domains for end-of-life care when caring for people with dementia (Adapted from the EAPC 20014, van der Steen et al. (2014)) 12.2 What Is End-of-Life Care?…
