The challenges of communication with the onset dementia patients. : A nursing literature review.

Abstract

The main goal of the study is to investigate the challenges of communication with the late onset dementia patients and also determine the responsibility of nurses in alleviating the challenges faced by the other nurses and caregivers of the late onset dementia patient in the society. The research questions posed for this study were; 1) what are the communication challenges of the late onset dementia (LOD) patients? And 2) in which ways can nurses assist in mitigating these challenges? Bonnie W Battey’s theory was used as the framework for this study. The research was carried out by use of qualitative method where literature review was used to collect data. Finally, the study selected 10 articles which were analyzed by use of matrix method.