Findings
Personal care workers and enrolled nurses to BPSD patients
Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia require urgent and centred care. Patients of BPSD require personal care on daily bases on the treatment centres. Most of the patients in these centres are aged. There needs be urgent direct care when indulging with and communicating to with these particular patients.
There is a difference in attitude when dealing with patients among personal care workers and enrolled nurses. The nature of relationship that needs exist when dealing with BPSD patients should be intense in personal care. Personal care workers in study have proved adequately apt in focusing on personal care. Enrolled nurses on the other hand, have proved not sufficiently able to direct such attention to patients. Enrolled nurses in this respect act so as their training is on tending to general needs. Personal care workers in this respect, have undergone intense personalised training in which they confer to patients.
Environmental modification in patient family members
The concept comprises of conducting a particular study on different family groups. The idea behind the concept is to root out potential problematic factors while also exploring the change of environment to seek potential future plans in the treatment. (Laura Gitlin) Case study was then conducted involving different families within a span of 48 hours. The study sought to establish the prevalence of problematic behaviours among BPSD patients as either, patient based, family based, or environment based. The method used was randomisation in which the family member patient carers and the patients themselves were redistributed.
The investigation was made to identify the potential causes involved and then remove, prohibit, or limit them. The invetigation researched on the adverse effects of the stress causes model. The argument that existed was the problematic stress was the initial stage in dealing with the relationship between these problematic causes and the stress to the caregiver. The argument further suggested that the caregivers who are the family members who failed to identify that addressing the problematic existent issue first in dealing with this phenomenon were diagnosing the phenomenon in a wrong manner.
Skill building
Skill building exists for the family member caregivers for patients. The skills involved here are follow up skills. The follow up skills are following the prevalence of behavioural stresses that persist over time. The skill sets are initiated by the nurses and personal care attendants who advise the family members on the importance of dealing with such phenomena in this regard.
Skill sets provided are a coping mechanism to the behavioural distresses that exist for BPSD patients. The distresses dealt with in this manner are either behavioural or psychological. Skill sets are tailored to each patient though they are general in nature. There has been sufficient proof as to the workings of this mechanism.
Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia
attitudes of direct staff(person centered approach to BPSD residents who knew BPSD causes, significant differences between personal care workers and enrolled nurses. aggressive behaviours
Discussion
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