• 제목/요약/키워드: Dementia unit

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간호사의 치매케어 관련 지식, 치매에 대한 태도 및 치매간호 접근법과의 관계 (The Relationship among Dementia care Knowledge, Attitudes toward to dementia and Approach to dementia care of Nurses)

  • 이미라
    • 디지털융복합연구
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    • 제14권12호
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    • pp.357-367
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    • 2016
  • 본 연구는 간호사의 치매케어 관련 지식, 치매에 대한 태도 및 치매간호 접근법에 대해 조사하고 관련 변수를 파악하기 위한 서술적 조사연구이다. P시에 소재한 G 병원의 남 녀 간호사 202명을 대상으로 구조화된 설문지를 이용하여 자료를 수집하였다. 연구결과 대상자의 치매케어 관련 지식은 11.02점, 치매에 대한 태도는 40.15점이었으며 치매간호 접근법은 7.90점이었다. 치매케어 관련 지식은 성별(t=-2.424, p<.05)과 교육수준(F=2.932, p<.05) 그리고 근무병동(F=2.268, p<.05)에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 치매케어 관련 지식은 치매에 대한 태도와 유의한 양의 상관관계(r=.162, p<.05)가 있었으며, 치매케어 관련 지식에 영향을 미치는 변수는 응급실(${\beta}=-1.568$)과 중환자실(${\beta}=-1.682$)이었다. 본 연구결과 치매환자에게 질 높은 간호를 제공하기 위해서는 치매케어 지식의 향상과 치매에 대한 긍정적인 태도를 향상시키기 위한 융복합적인 교육프로그램의 개발이 필요하다.

영국 치매요양소 3곳의 배회환경평가를 통한 개선안 (A Study on the Recommendations of the Wandering Pathway Through the Evaluation of the Environments in Three Dementia Units in the United Kingdom)

  • 조영행
    • 한국주거학회논문집
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    • 제14권3호
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    • pp.41-49
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    • 2003
  • An evaluation of the environments in the wandering pathway of the dementia units was carried out. It is revealed that the quality of the environment for the wandering pathway of the sample units was very low. In particular, lacks of social environments in Unit-B and Unit-C, and lacks of orientation aids in all the sample units were shown. Therefore, re-design for the wandering pathway of the sample units is needed. Recommendations for improving the wandering pathway and having appropriate wandering pathway without any abrupt change in existing layout of the sample units were suggested, and the limits of this research is diagnosed. It is also shown that since evaluation categories used in this paper had very closed relationship each other, those evaluation categories can be used in other settings.

치매전문요양병원의 병동 몇 병실 유니트에 관한 건축계획적 연구 (A Study on the Architectural Planning of the Ward and Patient Room Unit of the Health Care Facilities for the People with Dementia)

  • 강지원;박재승
    • 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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    • 제4권6호
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    • pp.37-47
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    • 1998
  • In Korea, it is urgently required to develop the health care facilities and services for People with dementia. The progression of dementia is associated with a gradual decline in functional, cognitive, emotional, and social abilities. Therefore, architectural design for People elderly with dementia should be focused to maintain and preserve this abilities. This study aims to derive the design guidelines of the ward and patient roon unit planning to maintain this abilities in the health care facilities for People with dementia. For this, investigation and analysis through the case studies of domestic and foreign facilities and P.O.E of domestic facilities were performed.

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Neurodegenerative Dementias: A Brief Review

  • Sin, Mo-Kyung;Khemani, Pravin
    • Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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    • 제22권3호
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    • pp.172-175
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    • 2020
  • Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide nurses with a concise review on neurodegenrative dementias. This review includes pathophysiology, clinical course, and tips on management of dementias from Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson disease (PD) and lewy body dementia (LBD). Considering increasing numbers of dementia cases among older adults, nurses who are cognizant about dementia care are instrumental in maximizing daily activities and quality of life of patients with cognitive impairment and dementia.

지역사회 치매관리 모형 개발 : 광명시의 경우 (Development of Dementia Care Model in a Community)

  • 배상수;김동현;우영국;오진주;민경복;이수현;이미라;이상숙;표옥정
    • 보건행정학회지
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.30-71
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    • 1999
  • There has been a dramatic increase in public awareness regarding dementia during recent years. However, dementia remains a family affair and patients do not receive adequate care in Korea. This study aims to assist patients and their caregivers by establishing Home and Community based Long-Term Care in a city. The data collected for analysis include five main categories: dementia prevalence, limitations of daily activities of patients, burden of caregivers, the services that patient's family want to utilize, the resources that handle dementia in the community. Major findings can be summarized as follows: 1)The prevalence rate of dementia for elderly people is 13.1 per 100 persons. Alzheimer's disease amount to 38.9% of dementia patients and vascular dementia account for 36.7% of them 2)Eight out of ten patients have mild dementia. Almost all patients have normal ADL. IADL, however, shows different picture. In every items of IADL, about 60% of patients reveals some limitations. 3)The proportion of patients who had medical diagnosis is as low as 20%. Families of patients think dementia as normal aging process and medical doctors in the community do not give special concern to dementia patients. 4)Caregivers does not have proper social support. They suffer from long care time, experience large obstacles in respect of health, daily living, and social activity. 5)Health center and Community welfare center have launched some programs-consultation, home-visiting nursing, day care center, voluntary force mobilization and so on-for dementia patients. But they do not perform expected roles and functions because of lack of skilled personnels and inadequate coordination of relevant organizations for dementia care. 6)Families of dementia patients prefer home helper and home-visiting nurse to hospitalization. For the future, however, demand for institution-based long-term services will increase. We develope community dementia care model based on above findings as follows: 1)Health center execute community cardiovascular control program for the prevention of vascular dementia. 2)Refer to epidemiologic characteristics of patients and preference of family, the most urgent task for dementia care in this city is to expand and organize Home and Community based Long-Term Care. 3)For the continuous and comprehensive care, care plan for a patient must be prepared. Case management team should be builded to prepare this plan and coordinate relevant resources. 4)Special long-term care unit for dementia will be needed in a near future. This unit should have multiple functions, such as day-care center, short stay facility, training center for relevant personnels, besides long-term nursing home considering effective care of dementia and efficient operation of the facility. 5)Voluntary workers deserve their due efforts. Incentive mechanisms must be developed to activate voluntary activities.

수도권 치매요양시설의 건축적 특성 (Dementia Units' Architectural Features in the Metropolitan Area)

  • 조영행;류종우
    • 한국주거학회논문집
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    • 제17권4호
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    • pp.15-24
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study is to unveil the characteristics of residential space organizations in dementia units. Observation, interview, and drawing analysis of the sample units were used to collect the data for new dementia unit plans. The findings revealed the lack of minimum requirement of residential spaces per person in some sample units, the necessity of consideration of group units, and the change of units based plans to each floor based plans. However, insufficient recreation rooms and the lack of caregivers' resting spaces in the sample units were uncovered. Thus, various recreation rooms such as a reading room, flower room, pottery room, bakery room, or game room should be provided in the sample units. The conclusion is that asylum oriented residential types should be changed to each floor based units having privacy and high satisfaction of residential life. The study of floor oriented residential units focusing on minimum spaces of the floor, space numbers, number of elderly persons on each floor should be studied in the near future.

Hypertension and cognitive dysfunction: a narrative review

  • Eun-Jin Cheon
    • Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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    • 제40권3호
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    • pp.225-232
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    • 2023
  • Cognitive dysfunction is relatively less considered a complication of hypertension. However, there is sufficient evidence to show that high blood pressure in middle age increases the risk of cognitive decline and dementia in old age. The greatest impact on cognitive function in those with hypertension is on executive or frontal lobe function, similar to the area most damaged in vascular dementia. Possible cognitive disorders associated with hypertension are vascular dementia, Alzheimer disease, and Lewy body dementia, listed in decreasing strength of association. The pathophysiology of cognitive dysfunction in individuals with hypertension includes brain atrophy, microinfarcts, microbleeds, neuronal loss, white matter lesions, network disruption, neurovascular unit damage, reduced cerebral blood flow, blood-brain barrier damage, enlarged perivascular damage, and proteinopathy. Antihypertensive drugs may reduce the risk of cognitive decline and dementia. Given the high prevalence of dementia and its impact on quality of life, treatment of hypertension to reduce cognitive decline may be a clinically relevant intervention.

치매노인전문요양시설의 복도공간에 관한 건축계획적 연구 (A Study on the Architectural Planning of Corridor Space in Nursing Homes for the Elderly with Dementia)

  • 한균;권순정
    • 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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    • 제11권1호
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    • pp.69-77
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study is to build fundamental data related to corridor space for nursing home design. Elderly with dementia were observed in corridor space at two nursing homes in In-cheon City. Two types of behavior were found out through in-depth observation; Group and Personal behaviors. Group behaviors were varying according to the type of programs such as rest, care, diet, and therapeutic services. Personal behaviors could be classified into wandering and private seclusion. These two behaviors were influenced by management programs of facilities, services of care-givers and individual characteristics of residents. The result of this study was discussed on the following matters: 1) Optimum size of residential unit; 2) Working spaces of care-givers; 3) Relationship between bedroom and common space for gathering; 4) Planning for wandering path; 5) Familiarity of interior finishing materials

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일본 그룹 홈의 건축적 특징에 관한 기초연구 (A Basic Study on The Architectural Characteristic of the Group Home in Japan)

  • 양윤실;김태일
    • 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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    • 제23권4호
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    • pp.248-256
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    • 2014
  • According to data from the national office of Statistics Korea and Ministry of Health and Welfare, as the elderly population increases, the dementia elderly population continues to increase and its future population growth rate is expected to be even faster. In particular, the Dementia Management Act has been in effect since February 2012, and active efforts has been made for a policy for the dementia management. The purpose of this study is to establish standards on building plans based on the appropriate scale and spatial configuration on facilities planning for the elderly with dementia. Specifically, the basic data were collected with a request for a total of 103 points on the basis of a database of group homes in the survey managed by the Japan Association of Group Homes. Specific information of the research includes the management body of facilities operation, scale of the facilities, number of units and configuration of personal living space, and the collected survey data and drawings were statistically proceed and analyzed using the SPSS WIN 20.0. analysis results are summarized as follows. first, most of the group homes come to the small size of the 1-2 story home ; the approximate number of units is one or two per home, and each unit consists of nine rooms. second, a number of group homes with the building area of $300m^2$ have the U-shaped arrangement which is advantageous in the extension and facilities maintenance. In conclusion, this study is to be the fundamental data for judgments that can be used to establish standards for the facilities for the dementia elderly whose population continues to increase. In addition, further study is necessary to establish suitable design conditions of our country.