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Non - pharmacological methods of a solution agitation in patients with dementia
BUCHTOVÁ, Kristýna
Current state: Dementia is a very actual theme. The occurance raises every year. My bachelor´s work is focused on behavioral symptoms of dementia and nonpharmacological methods of a solution agitation in patients with dementia. The theoretical part of my work dealts with primary division of dementia, causes of development, symptoms, diagnostics and treatment of dementia. The last part was focused on pharmacological and mainly non-farmacological methods in demented patients. The objective: 1. The mapping of all using non-pharmacological methods for demented patients which are used in solution of agitation. 2. The comparison of knowledge of nonprofessional carers and nurses in the field of non- pharmacological methods in patients with dementia. Methodology: There was chosen the qualitative research method and the intentional choice of respondents for research survey. In the field of evaluation of the results of interviews and observation there were determined three fields. The field focused on dialogues with nurses included 15 categories. The dialogues with laic tenders created 14 categories and 4 categories contained observations of nurses. The collection of information was made up by using observation and half-structured dialogues. The research was situated into the care centre with special mode for elderly people. The scientific sample: The research sample was created by 4 non-professional carers and 8 nurses. The research: The research checked out the most frequent using methods in practice: individual attitude to a client, keeping the principles of the right communication, relationship of the patient and nursing staff, memorial treatment, pet therapy (especially canistherapy), basal stimulation, validation method, energisation of the clients and enviromental improvements. The recommendation for practise: The results of our work confirmed importance of using non- pharmacological methods in prevention of the troubled behavior at the persons with disease. The research results can be used by all nurses and non-professional carers who are concerned with it.
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