Expectations of nursing personnel and physicians on dementia training
Schneider, J.; Gkioka, M.; Papagiannopoulos, S.; Moraitou, D.; Metz, B.; Tsolaki, M.; Kruse, A.; Teichmann, B. · Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2019 · Heft 10 · S. 249 bis 257
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IntroductionThe age of the global population is increasing, leading to an additional increase of multimorbid and frail patients who require care in general hospitals [18]. A subgroup of frail and vulnerable patients in hospitals are people with dementia (PwD) who are more likely to be admitted to general hospitals than people of similar age without dementia, particularly for fall-related accidents, chronic disease complications, urinary tract and respiratory infections [17]. Furthermore, the hospital stay is longer [15] and the outcomes are predominantly negative [8]. Specifically, it is estimated that 12.9–63.0…
