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Research Article

Expanding role of nurses in management of dementia in geriatrics: improving well-being of geriatric patients through quality nursing care

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Pages 707-714 | Received 19 Aug 2020, Accepted 27 May 2021, Published online: 15 Jun 2021
 

ABSTRACT

The potential nurses role to include the recognition and management of dementia has been acknowledged. Practice Nurses are well-positioned to provide comprehensive dementia information and support so that people living with dementia are better equipped to self-manage their health and live well with dementia. However, treatment of geriatric dementia has become difficult owing to co-morbidities and cognitive and physical deterioration of these patients. Thus, geriatric dementia patients require special attention during care in homes and clinical settings. In modern medical practice, the role of nurse has become dynamic, ranging from education and personal care. The profession of nursing is considered as critical to meets the needs of the elderly population with dementia and ensure the delivery of high-quality care. Since nurses play such an important role in caring for these individuals, comprehensive reviews lack on their role and experience in geriatric dementia treatment and issues. This review summarizes the expanding role of nurses in the management of geriatric dementia in terms of nurse’s knowledge, role, communication, attitude and maintaining patient’s quality of life through diverse activities. Furthermore, we also explain the future direction for improving the nursing care to treat dementia in elderly population.

Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the Zhejiang Medical and Health Science and Technology Project (No. 2020KY046 to YNW). Kindly please make these changes in the final draft of our manuscript.

Authors contribution

H.P and P.W collected the data. P.W and Y.W wrote the manuscript. Y.W supervised the study.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Zhejiang Medical and Health Science and Technology Project (No. 2020KY046 to YNW).

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