Dementia-Specific Nursing Care Competencies for Nursing Education and Long-Term Care Practice

This article proposes a set of dementia nursing care competencies that reflect current scientific findings on neurodegenerative dementia diseases, communication and shared decision-making, supportive care management for symptoms of distress and deficits in activities of daily living, risk assessments for adverse outcomes, palliative care and advance directives, and caregiver issues.
Source: Nursing Clinics of North America - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research