Gerontic nurse specialists: an examination of their roles with dementia sufferers and their caregivers.
Dementia sufferers and their caregivers have multiple and complex needs. To meet these needs the gerontic nurse specialist assumes a number of interrelated roles: role model, implementer, consultant, educator, researcher, manager, advocate and mentor. This paper discusses the multiple roles of the gerontic nurse specialist in meeting the health care needs of dementia sufferers and their caregivers. It is recognized that caregivers encompass family members and nursing staff.
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D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D005190:Family; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D012380:Role