All Nurses Need To Be Trained In Dementia Care, UK
Main Category: Alzheimer's / DementiaAlso Included In: Medical Students / Training; Nursing / Midwifery
Article Date: 25 Apr 2010 - 0:00 PDT
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Alzheimer's Society is today calling for all nursing staff to receive mandatory training in dementia care as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) close their consultation.
Alzheimer's Society has made recommendations on how dementia should be included in NMC standards.
'People with dementia occupy up to a quarter of hospital beds at any one time yet many are receiving inappropriate care and leaving hospital far worse than when they arrived. Nurses regularly tell us they're not receiving enough training in dementia. This needs to end. The NMC must recommend that all student nurses receive training that equips them to provide the best dementia care possible. The draft standards can also be strengthened to help ensure that dementia training is in all university curriculums.'
Andrew Chidgey
Head of Policy and Public Affairs
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Alzheimer's Society
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Dementia Training For Nurses
posted by Bob Waggener on 26 Apr 2010 at 10:53 amUnfortunately I have encountered more than a few professional nurses who are not trained in how to relate to those who have dementia/Alzheirmer's. And because of the lack of training, they tend to ignore the patient or try to correct something that is obviously caused by their medical condition. At least part of this problem is caused by the absence of specific dementia training in medical programs designed to train doctors as well as nurses. Most of these folks can describe medications but have no knowledge of behaviors or how to correct them! A contributing factor is the practice of placing the direct care of the patient in the hands of those with the least training or experience in what they are supposed to do and why.
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