Dementia in acute units: the issues.
To coincide with World Alzheimer's Day, Nursing Standard this week launches a major new series which looks in detail at one of the most pressing nursing problems of the age--coping with the behaviours of people with dementia who are admitted to acute care units. The series, which consists of seven articles, presented at monthly intervals, takes a very practical look at how nurses in such units can cope with patients who display behaviours such as wandering, aggression, sexual disinhibition and agitation--behaviours which nurses have difficulty understanding and managing.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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