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Long-Term Conditions

Supporting distress behaviours in people with dementia in the community

Stress is a naturally occurring adaptation reaction in human beings in response to internal or external threats to homeostasis (Lecic-Tosevski et al, 2011). People with dementia, as with any person,...

Dementia, comorbidity and multimorbidity

Research has shown that, in addition to their dementia diagnosis, 61% of people living with dementia have at least three other comorbid conditions (Timmons et al, 2016). The terms comorbidity and...

Risk and dementia

Box 1 looks at the case of Henry, and his wife Gail. In Henry's situation, it is clearly demonstrated that by minimising a risk in one area (in this case, it is his risk of falling when walking...

Community support for families affected by dementia

David was 70 years of age when he first started to notice problems with his memory. Initially, this was just forgetting appointments, and occasionally struggling to find the right words, but over time...

Hope and dementia

Hope is a very personal construct, meaning different things for different people, and it is likely to change over the course of time. We are all able to think of things which give us hope when things...

The power of a cup of tea: psychosocial interventions in dementia

In her book, Mitchell (2022) talks about her relationship with, and the importance of, a cup of tea while living with dementia:.

Dementia and communication

Dementia, what ever the subtype, is caused by underlying disease processes and damage to the nerve cells in the brain. This damage impairs our executive function - the processes in our brains which...

Caring for a person living with dementia: identifying and assessing a carer's needs

Lewis and colleagues (2014) estimated that there are in excess of 700 000 unpaid carers supporting people living with dementia. They went on to suggest that if the ratio of unpaid carers to people...

Modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for dementia: what primary care nurses need to know

While there is yet to be a cure for dementia, we know more about its causes and some of the life course factors that may increase a person's risk of developing the condition later in life. The risks...

A Survey of Community Nurses' Knowledge and Strategies Used to Relieve Breathlessness in People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

A total of 59 community registered nurses completed the survey (response rate: 42%; n=59/140 community nurses). There were no missing items. The administration time was approximately 20 minutes. Most...

Dementia: recognition and cognitive testing in community and primary care settings

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE, 2018) guideline, amongst many other things, recommends people thought to have dementia receive timely access to an assessment with the...

Early experiences of telehealth monitoring for patients with COPD and implementation of person-centred care plans

‘A common, preventable, and treatable disease, characterised by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation,…Due to airway and/or alveolar abnormalities caused by significant exposure to...

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