Dementia - A Nurses Personal and Professional Account

Dementia - A nurse personal and professional account

A nurse account of the experience of her partner developing Dementia. The story of how this same sex couple coped professionally and personally with the changes to their lives.

• Who should be screened?
• What tools can be used?
• Which strategies can you use to improve your screening skills?

Speaker: Patricia Awty

Nurse Educator and Consultant. Pat’s qualifications include a Master of Health Science and over the years, she has gained substantial Clinical experience in mental health and aged care. Pat is very interested in the psychodynamics at therapeutic caring and is well known as an informed and inspiring teacher.

Recorded: 9 February 2010
Duration: 37 mins & 17 secs
Conference: 'General Aged Care'
Session in Conference: 'The lived experience of dementia, Screening People For Dementia and Understanding behavior (Part1)'
State: Victoria, Australia

Professional Reviews:

the overall lecture discuss about how to screen people with dementia. Nurses should learn how to improve their skill how to detect and recognising the sign and symptom of dementia, understanding behavour with people with dementia and learn the skill to manage them.