Search for dissertations about: "dementia care in hospital"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words dementia care in hospital.
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1. Aspects of institutional care of patients with dementia
Abstract : The aim of the present study was to investigate all long-term institutions in the county of Västerbotten, Northern Sweden, to give a detailed description of the institutionalized population with respect to motor functions, vision, hearing, speech, ADL-functions, prevalence of psychiatric symptoms and behavioral disturbances, staff work load, use of psychoactive drugs and prevalence of dementia. Another aim was to select some specific 'problem areas' in the nursing care of demented patients for further descriptive and interventional studies. READ MORE
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2. The epidemiology of risk factors and short- and long-term outcome in the Swedish intensive care cohort
Abstract : The sepsis syndrome is present in ¼ to ⅓ of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide. The short-term prognosis is grim, with a 30-day mortality of 30–35%; however, the long- term outcomes are now being explored, as multi-professional follow-up after ICU care is increasingly being implemented. READ MORE
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3. Music and other strategies in the care of agitated individuals with dementia. A nursing perspective
Abstract : Agitation is an overarching term commonly used to describe the behaviour of elderly restless patients with dementia. The concept includes behaviour such as tension, aggression, aimless wandering, pacing, cursing, screaming, and fighting. READ MORE
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4. End-of-life care in a Swedish county : patterns of demographic and social conditions, clinical problems and health care use
Abstract : There is broad consensus in both international and national policy statements that care provided at end-of-life should be different from care provided during other periods of life. There is a need for comprehensive knowledge about the broad population of individuals who access the public health care system during the last period of life. READ MORE
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5. Delirium in older people after cardiac surgery : risk factors, dementia, patients’ experiences and assessments
Abstract : Background:Delirium is common in older people undergoing cardiac surgery. Delirium is an acute or subacute neuro-psychiatric syndrome, characterized by a change in cognition, disturbances in consciousness; it fluctuates, develops over a short period of time and always has an underlying cause. READ MORE