NURSING INTERVENTION FOR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PATIENT
Tineh, Emelia (2016)
Tineh, Emelia
Yrkeshögskolan Arcada
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016080213630
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016080213630
Tiivistelmä
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the leading cause of Dementia and it is a gradual memory loss which is associated with the elderly, the prevalence increase with the age. The study aims at finding out the intervention of nurses to help the Alzheimer’s Disease patient have a good quality of life. Research Question: What are the interventions of nurses for the Quality of life for Alzheimer’s disease patient for the elderly? Framework: Dorothy Johnson’s theory of Behavioural system was used. A total of 10 articles was used and the method used was qualitative content analysis: literature review, induc-tive approach. The findings shows that Nursing caring process for the AD patient involves a lot of planning, It is there important to study more about the disease, stages of change, this give a clear view of how to plan the caring process for the patient. . It is important to identify and diagnose the illness on time in order to know the stage of the patient to administer care, and determine how well they can function by themselves without on the clock supervision. It is indeed an immense responsi-bility to care for an AD patient and therefore patience is required by the nurse to get a mutual un-derstanding