Improving Hospital Care for Persons with Dementia
Role
Co-editors: Nina M. Silverstein and Katie Maslow
Contributing authors: Meredith Wallace [Kazer] and C. Zembruzski
Files
Document Type
Article
Description/Summary
Meredith Wallace [Kazer] (with C. Zembruzski) is a contributing author, " Strategies for Making a Difference".
Book description: What happens when a person with dementia is hospitalized? It is usually a fall, a hip fracture, a serious infection, or an acute exacerbation of congestive heart failure, diabetes, or another chronic medical condition that precipitates hospitalization, not the person's demenetia.
This book provides insights into the issues and gaps in quality of hospital care for patients with dementia. The book will helps practitioners improve the experiences that patients with dementia encounter in acute care settings by offering actual case examples provided by managers of assisted living, emergency rooms, and community geriatric cases; by persons with dementia who live alone; and by other doctors and nurses who care for these patients. These case examples illustrate the challenges faced and suggest strategies for successful and appropriate treatment planning.
ISBN
9780826139153
Publication Date
2005
Publication Information
Zembruzski, C. & Wallace, M. (2005). Strategies for Making a Difference. In Improving Hospital Care for Persons with Dementia. New York: Springer Publishing Company, pp. 205-236.
Recommended Citation
Silverstein, Nina M.; Maslow, Katie; Kazer, Meredith Wallace; and Zembruzski, C., "Improving Hospital Care for Persons with Dementia" (2005). Nursing and Health Studies Faculty Book Gallery. 49.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/nursing-books/49
Comments
Copyright 2005 Springer Publishing