Working environment in nursery homes
When working with citizens with severe dementia and at times with behavior that challenges staff, be aware that it can be stressful to staff psychosocial excesses. Sparring and supervision may be needed to gain new insights to understand and handle situations.
As an employee and relatives, it is important to keep in mind that you cannot change the person with dementia, but you can change the way you meet her/him yourself. We must assume responsibility for the relationship, using the knowledge we have about the individual citizens and BPSD in general.
Figures:
http://www.ageucate.com/blog/stress-reaction-behavioral-expression-dementia/
https://democracy.monmouthshire.gov.uk
http://kompetencer.loti.dk/index.php/udadreagerende-adfaerd/
Evaluering af model til målrettet pleje af plejehjemsbeboere med demens og BPSD. Sundhedsstyrelsen, januar 2019
References:
https://www.alzheimer-europe.org/Policy-in-Practice2/Country-comparisons/2013-The-prevalence-of-dementia-in-Europe
Adfærdsproblemer i ældreplejen bo, Hejlskov Elven, Charlotte AGGER OG Iben Ljungmann. Dansk Psykologisk forlag, 2015
Bedre behandling og pleje af mennesker med demens med adfærdsmæssige og psykiske symptomer, britiske Alzheimerforening (Alzheimer’s Society)2017, Oversat af Nationalt Videnscenter for demens
Demensboka, Signe Tretteteig (Red.) Forlaget Aldring og helse 2016
Forebyggelse og behandling af adfærdsmæssige og psykiske symptomer hos personer med demens. Nationale retningslinjer. Sundhedsstyrelsen 2019
Forebyggelse af udadreagerende adfærd hos ældre med demens, Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd, SFI 2014
Guide til forebyggelse af udadreagerende adfærd hos personer med demens i plejeboliger, Socialstyrelsen, 2015
Hvidbog om demens og socialpædagogik Steen Kabel, Forlaget stenkabel for Socialpædagogerne, marts 2017
Literature in English:
Brooker Dawn, Person centered dementia care, making service better, 2007, Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Kitwood Tom, Dementia reconsidered, 1997 Open University Press
Thomas, William H. (2006). In the Arms of Elders: A Parable of Wise Leadership and Community Building. Acton, MA: VanderWyk & Burnham.
Thomas, William H. (2014). Second Wind: Navigating the Passage to a Slower, Deeper and More Connected Life. New York: Simon and Schuster
NaRCAD (the National Resource Center for Academic Detailing) 2013, Management of the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia,
Alzheimer’s disease international https://www.alz.co.uk/dementia-plans/global-plan
Global action plan on public health response to dementia https://www.who.int/mental_health/neurology/dementia/action_plan_2017_2025/en/
Dementia Care Central: Behavior, Mood & Emotional Chalanges with Dementia and strategies for Coping (www.dementiacarecentral.com/caregiverinfo/coping/emotions).
National Health services UK: Coping with dementia behaviour changes (www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia/behaviour/) Beroepscode van Verpleegkundigen en Verzorgenden
Beroepscode van Verpleegkundigen en Verzorgenden
Skills for Health : Code of conduct for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England (https://www.skillsforhealth.org.uk/images/services/code-of-conduct/Code%20of%20Conduct%20Healthcare%20Support.pdf)