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People with dementia in acute hospitals: a practice guide for registered nurses
- Author:
- ARCHIBALD Carole
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 91p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
A guide written for nurses on acute wards who are treating patients with acute conditions who also have a form of dementia. There is a lack of knowledge and understanding about dementia within the acute sector, which this guide hopes to address.
Specialist dementia units: a practice guide to staff
- Author:
- ARCHIBALD Carole
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 57p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
Many residential care and nursing homes are setting up specialist dementia units at present. This report looks at all the aspects of these units: design, staffing activities, and the role of carers, from both literature and practice. Several case examples are described.