title: Older people with dementia in acute settings.
abstract: This article suggests that screening and assessing for dementia can be incorporated into nurses' roles, as can a range of strategies to address some of the common challenges that nurses face when working with older people with cognitive impairment in acute settings.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Pritchard
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Dewing
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003142:Communication; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011287:Prejudice; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control