Improving the Quality of Life of Elderly Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease : A Systematic Literature Review
Nwangwu, Felix Uchenna (2024)
2024
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Alzheimer’s disease is a prevalent chronic disease among older adults that leads to cognitive impairment. Cognitive impairment leads to functional disability and dependency in elderly people. Improving the quality of life of elderly patients with Alzheimer’s disease is essential to support their functional capacity, physical health, mental health and emotional wellbeing.
The objective of this paper is to enhance and deepen knowledge of nurses regarding interventions to improve the quality of life of elderly patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Dorothea Orem’s theory of self-care deficit was applied in this study. A systematic literature review was performed with the use of qualitative data to answer the research question. Medline, Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) and CINAHL Complete databases were employed to identify records relevant for this study. PRISMA chart was applied to highlight inclusion and exclusion criteria, and 13 out of 555 identified records were selected for this study.
Results highlight five main themes: assistive technology, caregiver education, physical activity, support for functional performance and cognitive interventions. Twelve sub themes were identified from the records, which are social companion, patient safety, training to manage cognitive and behavioural symptoms, training on diagnosis, health benefit as motivation, providing support for physical activity, supporting daily activities, care items application, utilizing peer support, art therapy, music therapy and lexical retrieval therapy. The results from this paper illustrate that the quality of life of elderly patients with Alzheimer’s disease can be improved through evidence-based interventions.
The objective of this paper is to enhance and deepen knowledge of nurses regarding interventions to improve the quality of life of elderly patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Dorothea Orem’s theory of self-care deficit was applied in this study. A systematic literature review was performed with the use of qualitative data to answer the research question. Medline, Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) and CINAHL Complete databases were employed to identify records relevant for this study. PRISMA chart was applied to highlight inclusion and exclusion criteria, and 13 out of 555 identified records were selected for this study.
Results highlight five main themes: assistive technology, caregiver education, physical activity, support for functional performance and cognitive interventions. Twelve sub themes were identified from the records, which are social companion, patient safety, training to manage cognitive and behavioural symptoms, training on diagnosis, health benefit as motivation, providing support for physical activity, supporting daily activities, care items application, utilizing peer support, art therapy, music therapy and lexical retrieval therapy. The results from this paper illustrate that the quality of life of elderly patients with Alzheimer’s disease can be improved through evidence-based interventions.