Open AccessAsk - Adapt - Collaborate: An Approach to Individualizing Acute Care for People with Dementia
Author(s) -
Kathleen Drago,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hsoa journal of gerontology and geriatric medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2381-8662
DOI - 10.24966/ggm-8662/100108
Subject(s) - dementia , ask price , cognition , function (biology) , health care , psychology , population , medicine , gerontology , nursing , psychiatry , disease , business , environmental health , pathology , evolutionary biology , economics , biology , economic growth , finance
People with dementia comprise a growing share of the hospital patient population, often receiving care in medical, surgical and critical care units as opposed to behavioral health settings. Dementia confers a greater reliance on familiar people, stimuli and surroundings to support physical and cognitive function.