Editorial: Language and culture: Nurses positioned to lead hospital care for people living with dementia

One of the most complex groups of patients in hospital are people living with dementia, with 71% in the highest category of clinical complexity (AIHW, 2019). In Australia in 2016 –17, there were around 95,000 hospitalisations of people with a diagnosis of dementia, with most presenting through emergency departments for injury, poisoning or leg fracture (AIHW, 2019). Dementia is an organic disease of the brain, emerging as a pattern of cognitive decline, resulting in one or more of amnesia, aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, dyspraxia, spatial disorientation, and other features (LoGiudice& Flicker, 2014).
Source: Collegian - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research