Treating Dementia Patients Requires Good Hospitals
Understudies revealed that medical caretakers "saw the disease", as opposed to the patient, bringing about treatment without respect and challenges with fundamental care, for example, nourishment.
The nursing understudies verified that the social and physical natural surroundings of the healing facilities were not prepared to look after individuals with dementia.
Understudies trust a purpose behind absence of comprehension of patients' needs was caused by the criticalness to move them through the therapeutic framework rapidly, likewise trading off their respect.
The staff furthermore experienced difficulty with fundamental care, for example, sustenance, with medical attendants saying they felt "out of their profundity" when endeavoring to give care to dementia patients. The nursing understudies additionally felt an absence of direction from the staff.
Published in the journal Nursing Older People, Leslie Baillie, Janet Cox and Jane Merritt of the University of Bedfordshire said their understudies remarked:
"Some doctor's facility staff were not able see past the individual's dementia and spending time with patients conflicted with an authoritative culture where speed, intense care needs and physical treatment took need."
Understudies likewise portrayed the accompanying issues seen with dementia patients:
- Patients unfit to walk uninhibitedly and securely in the healing facility.
- Basic occupied wards were excessively terrifying for dementia patients, making it impossible to manage.
- Specialists attempted to give fitting measures of nourishment and toast dementia patients.
- Some dementia patients were left until last at mealtimes.
The authors of this investigation recommend advancement of more dementia-friendly healing facilities and more serious preparing for staff. Understudies require support and planning, and in addition positive direction with a specific end goal to take in the correct approaches to watch over dementia patients in any setting.
References:
Nursing Older People, http://nursingolderpeople.rcnpublishing.co.uk/
Fitzgerald, K. (2012, October 4). "Hospitals Not Qualified To Treat Dementia Patients." Medical News Today. Retrieved from https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/251152.php