Date post: | 21-Jan-2018 |
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Problems associated with dementia
• Intelligence
– Lose problem solving ability
• Memory
– Become forgetful and lost
• Language
– Difficulty communicating
Ethical and legal dimensions
Because we cannot readily interpret the actions of a person
with dementia we do not know what to do for the best
Questions:
How do we alleviate eating difficulty?
What constitutes force feeding?
When do we stop feeding a person with dementia?
Preventing dementia
• Five ‘Golden Rules’
– Take exercise– Eat a healthy (Mediterranean diet)– Quit smoking– Drink alcohol in moderation– Prevent/treat diabetes and raised BP
Conclusion
• More people globally are suffering from dementia
• Dementia affects every aspect of life
• There is – at the moment – no ‘cure’ for dementia
• Nurses must offer advice and support to families as well as to the persons with dementia
• We must not forger that the person with dementia is still a person