Managing diabetes in people with dementia.
Diabetes and dementia may manifest simultaneously: one is potentially life threatening, the other causes severe, progressive loss of memory and cognitive function. Where they coexist, they present nurses with challenges such as administering life-saving interventions to patients who are unable to give informed consent. This article offers guidance on the clinical and ethical challenges involved in blood glucose monitoring and medicines administration in patients with dementia.
Joe
J
Brown
Amanda
A
Carson
Anna
A
Waugh
Douglas
D
Park
D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications* / Q000451:nursing; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans