Nursing Care for Patients with Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

Abstract

The current demographic trend towards an increase in the proportion of older people in recent decades, defined dementing syndrome as significant medical and social problem. Nursing care for patients with dementia were defined as preventive, institutional and nursing care at patient‘s home. Also, care performed in a hospital, when there is a need of treatment of an acute or chronic disease. The specifics of the disease with dementing syndrome necessitates the acquisition of medical, social and psychological knowledge, and developing skills and techniques for communicating with patients.