Nurses’ communication with dementia clients in a nursing home.
Agboola, Seun Dorcas (2018)
Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018112017522
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018112017522
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Dementia is considered to be a broad public health challenge irrespective of social, cultural, and economic background of particular population; individuals, communities, groups and societies are all affected by this disorder (Alzheimer’s society, 2009). Both men and women suffer from the disease irrespective of age or cultural background.
The inability of individual to interact or communicate depend on the stage at which they are in the disease process; based on the author’s experience while working at the dementia unit, It was discovered that the client’s inability to express their thoughts could bring about negative reactions which can be totally misunderstood, if a nurse does not have good communication and interpersonal skills. Understanding the required strategies needed by nurses to effectively communicate with dementia clients in a nursing home cannot be overemphasize.
The purpose of the thesis was to describe nurses’ communication with dementia clients in a nursing home. The method of literature review was adopted by searching articles through Cinahl (EBSCOhost), Laurea finna, and scienceDirect databases in order to answer the research question: What is nurses’ communication like with dementia clients in a nursing home?
The databases were made available in Laurea University of Applied Sciences library. A total number of 2,831 articles were initially reviewed briefly; articles that were relevant to the research question were selected for full text. Only 8 articles were finally selected for critical review and data analysis using the inductive content analysis
It was gathered from the findings that communicating with demented clients in a nursing home is challenging, but many nurses’ focuses on task completion rather than interacting with the clients, thereby making it difficult for the nurses to understand the clients. Focus on the emotional impact of dementia on the client just begun lately according to Draper (2011).The major concentration of the psychiatrists was on the brain activities, while the psychologists on the other hand focused more on the cognitive processes, but nurses concentrated their efforts on the clients’ behaviour and support of daily activities.
Good therapeutic relationship with people living with dementia would help generate positive outcome that could assist clients withstand agitations that comes with the disease.
However, further research is recommended to identify and offer solution on the emotional impact of dementia that could affect nurses’ communication with the clients.
The inability of individual to interact or communicate depend on the stage at which they are in the disease process; based on the author’s experience while working at the dementia unit, It was discovered that the client’s inability to express their thoughts could bring about negative reactions which can be totally misunderstood, if a nurse does not have good communication and interpersonal skills. Understanding the required strategies needed by nurses to effectively communicate with dementia clients in a nursing home cannot be overemphasize.
The purpose of the thesis was to describe nurses’ communication with dementia clients in a nursing home. The method of literature review was adopted by searching articles through Cinahl (EBSCOhost), Laurea finna, and scienceDirect databases in order to answer the research question: What is nurses’ communication like with dementia clients in a nursing home?
The databases were made available in Laurea University of Applied Sciences library. A total number of 2,831 articles were initially reviewed briefly; articles that were relevant to the research question were selected for full text. Only 8 articles were finally selected for critical review and data analysis using the inductive content analysis
It was gathered from the findings that communicating with demented clients in a nursing home is challenging, but many nurses’ focuses on task completion rather than interacting with the clients, thereby making it difficult for the nurses to understand the clients. Focus on the emotional impact of dementia on the client just begun lately according to Draper (2011).The major concentration of the psychiatrists was on the brain activities, while the psychologists on the other hand focused more on the cognitive processes, but nurses concentrated their efforts on the clients’ behaviour and support of daily activities.
Good therapeutic relationship with people living with dementia would help generate positive outcome that could assist clients withstand agitations that comes with the disease.
However, further research is recommended to identify and offer solution on the emotional impact of dementia that could affect nurses’ communication with the clients.