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Resident Improvement in a Dementia Specific Nursing Home
Author(s) -
Kramer T.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 0726-4240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1995.tb00728.x
Subject(s) - confusion , dementia , nursing homes , nursing , medicine , gerontology , disease , psychology , pathology , psychoanalysis
A reduction in disability is not the normal expectation for a resident of a nursing home. In fact, it is usual to expect a decline in ability as the resident's disease progresses. This paper will outline a program that restructured care practices and is now demonstrating improvements in levels of confusion and disability.