title: Bathing Disability and Bathing Persons with Dementia.
abstract: Bathing disability, evidence of functional decline, predicts admission to long-term care facilities following acute care hospitalizations. Nurses are challenged to assess bathing disability in hospitalized older persons and those with dementia to support their maximal functional performance and implement diverse bathing strategies.
authors: Zane Robinson
authors: ZR
authors: Wolf
authors: Kathleen E
authors: KE
authors: Czekanski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000451:nursing*; D001494:Baths / Q000451:nursing*; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male