Sterben mit Demenz im Pflegeheim

Koppitz, Andrea Luise; Dreizler, Jutta; Waldboth, Veronika; Imhof, Lorenz

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Sterben mit Demenz im Pflegeheim
Authors:	Koppitz, Andrea Luise Dreizler, Jutta Waldboth, Veronika Imhof, Lorenz
Published in:	Pflegewissenschaft
Volume(Issue):	16
Issue:	1
Page(s):	28
Pages to:	40
Issue Date:	Jan-2014
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Hpsmedia
ISSN:	1662-3029 1422-8610 1424-6627
Language:	German
Subject (DDC):	362: Health and social services
Abstract:	Das Wahrnehmen und Interpretieren von Symptomen bei demenzerkrankten Personen ist in den letzten Lebensmonaten besonders herausfordernd. Die Schwierigkeiten liegen nicht nur in der oftmals eingeschränkten verbalen Kommunikation. Sie beziehen sich auch auf einen stetigen, aber unregelmässigen und nicht vorhersehbaren Wechsel von chronisch-stabilen zu akut-kritischen Symptomverläufen sowie einem jahrelangen und langsam verlaufenden Abbauprozess. To sense, observe and interpret symptoms of persons with dementia is very challenging especially during the last three months of their life. The difficulties lie in their restricted capacity to communicate, irregular transitions from a chronic-stable to an acute-critical symptom course but also in the slow but continuous degradation process. The aim of this literature review by Torraco was to identify nursing home bound dementia patients’ symptoms and symptoms’ quality and frequency in the last three months of their lives. The electronic databases Medline ®, Cinahl®, PsycINFO® and Cochrane Library were searched in German and English from 2000 to July 2012 with the keywords “dementia”, “nursing home”, “palliative care” and “symptoms”. 23 studies were included and six symptoms were identified as frequent and common in the end-of-life phase of people with dementia in nursing homes: Dyspnoea, pain, mood disorder, restricted mobility, restricted food and drink intake, behaviour and psychosocial symptoms (BPSD). The BPSD are often combined with agitation, restlessness and disorientation. Knowledge of atypical symptom manifestation in persons’ with dementia is absolutely necessary for the selection of interventions and effectively symptom management.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/3920
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	School of Health Sciences
Published as part of the ZHAW project:	Palliative Care bei demenziell erkrankten Personen in Pflegeheimen im Kanton Zürich
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Koppitz, A. L., Dreizler, J., Waldboth, V., & Imhof, L. (2014). Sterben mit Demenz im Pflegeheim. Pflegewissenschaft, 16(1), 28–40.

Koppitz, A.L. et al. (2014) ‘Sterben mit Demenz im Pflegeheim’, Pflegewissenschaft, 16(1), pp. 28–40.

A. L. Koppitz, J. Dreizler, V. Waldboth, and L. Imhof, “Sterben mit Demenz im Pflegeheim,” Pflegewissenschaft, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 28–40, Jan. 2014.

KOPPITZ, Andrea Luise, Jutta DREIZLER, Veronika WALDBOTH und Lorenz IMHOF, 2014. Sterben mit Demenz im Pflegeheim. Pflegewissenschaft. Januar 2014. Bd. 16, Nr. 1, S. 28–40

Koppitz, Andrea Luise, Jutta Dreizler, Veronika Waldboth, and Lorenz Imhof. 2014. “Sterben mit Demenz im Pflegeheim.” Pflegewissenschaft 16 (1): 28–40.

Koppitz, Andrea Luise, et al. “Sterben mit Demenz im Pflegeheim.” Pflegewissenschaft, vol. 16, no. 1, Jan. 2014, pp. 28–40.