title: Alzheimer's disease 2: Caring for a woman with Alzheimer-type dementia.
abstract: Alzheimer's disease creates difficulties in perceiving and interpreting information for an individual. Nursing care must be sensitive to this. A comprehensive nursing assessment should include information about how the patient performed functionally and psychologically before the illness, and what these abilities are like on admission. This allows for achievable goals in care to be set. Although patients are cognitively impaired they should be actively involved in their care along with their carers.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Creed
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning