Causes Of Aggression In Patients With Dementia

As a DNP practice scholar, this project will focus on “The relationship between effective behavior intervention and prevention of disruptive behavior in dementia patients living in a long-term care facility in Dallas Texas.”

“Alzheimer`s disease is called a family disease” (ALZlive), because it impacts every family member who is slowly watching a loved one decline. Alzheimer’s disease has an impact on caretakers because caregivers can lead to a variety of emotions, from guilt to anger. When dealing with a client who has Alzheimer; caretakers have a huge responsibility, which can cause stress or depression. If the caretaking is a family member it might lead to finical problems, which can lead to the hard and controversial decision of putting someone in a nursing home, that is better equipped. Guilt is the main emotion that a caretaker can express “I have never spoken to my mother`s doctor, it occurs to me that other children of

Some carers may not feel they can approach the person because the assume they are violent. If a person gets violent it is due to frustration and not being able to express themselves and you should always try to work out what it is that triggers the outburst or what is frustrating the individual. It helps if you know how to approach the person so they don’t get agitated. You should always try to form positive relationships with the individuals and by getting to know them better, you will be able to provide them with better care.

Challenging behaviours are often extremely stressful, which presents managing problems with dementia people as well as their care givers. In general, 80% individuals with dementia most often express the signs of challenging behaviours (McKay2008). The common behavioural disturbances associated with dementia include hallucinations delusions, sleep problems, sundowning, aggression, agitation, wandering, and communication challenges (Zwijsen et al 2014).

At first, someone with dementia may appear to be easily irritated or moody. More challenging behaviour may develop in some people over time. For example, in some cases, a person with dementia may become quite

Working with dementia patients can be very stressful and exhausting which is because of the psychological and behavioural symptoms older adults with dementia present. Their behaviour can often be violent and aggressive towards staff members (Beck and Shue 1994). This was exactly the case in the ward I was working on they had a lot of challenging patients who were very violent who needed a lot of attention and often due to lack of staff some patients and their care would get neglected. Working long hours in hectic environments such as this can lead to compassion fatigue. This is a combination of emotional exhaustion, stress and diminishing personal accomplishments. Having long, continuous and intense contact with the patients in stressful situation can lead to compassion fatigue Coetzee & Klopper, 2010). A lot of the times because of tiredness and exhaustion from continuously working in a stressful environment, I often left almost a burden on them as a student nurse and at times felt hesitant to approach them

A lot of aggression is created by anxiety, regularly in light of the fact that individuals feel powerless and out of control. Aggression here and there results from frustration. To overcome defusing aggression as a barrier of communication, health and social care expert ought to stay calm and breath typically at all times, this will demonstrate that they are not going to become aggressive. Another methodologies is, health and social care expert ought to utilize listening skills to demonstrate that they are using so as to consider the other individual important non-verbal aptitudes to convey regard. In particular, as a care worker they ought to dependably attempt to meet the other individual's self-regard needs, this is by attempting to make

These strategies may help with relieving distress, agitation and challenging behaviours. Strategies when dealing with dementia patients may include, “introduce yourself at each encounter, use touch as appropriate, try to determine the cause of the behaviour and then try to reduce or eliminate it. These behaviours may be caused by boredom, which you would try and use activities as a distraction, Pain which we3 will try non-pharmacological treatment first e.g.: heat packs, Anxiety where we will use reassurance and diversion. Often using a soft approach such as smiling, pleasant voice tones while talking calmly in short sentences will help defuse a situation.

In this essay I will be assessing the possible immediate effects of two different forms of abuse on the health and wellbeing of adults by using the case studies of Serinda and the one for the residential care home, Ash court. In the case study of Serinda I will be evaluating how she was affected by domestic abuse as she had been a victim through the hands of her husband who broke her arms twice, fractured her pelvis and burnt her with a cigarette. She had also been disowned by her family and was endangered by her brother-in-law who had threatened to kill her. Also, I will evaluate the physical and emotional abuse that an elderly care home resident whom is a sufferer of dementia was exposed to after being smacked in

This scholarly journal looks at elderly abuse in general. It talks about different ways one can notice that the senior is being abused and what to do about the abuse. It also describes different reasons why the abusers abuse the elderly. It says how elderly abuse can be very difficult to notice and it is also difficult to help the seniors. The article then describes the difficulties that seniors have when they are abused. It talks a little about senior homes and how the elderly are treated by the nurses. It also gives some specific examples of abuse and the role of the government in this situation. This article is very opinionated and the author expresses her views on the topic very clearly.

In the pamphlet Basics of Alzheimer’s Disease, the Alzheimer’s Association adds late onset, traditionally known simply as Alzheimer’s, targets primarily people 65 and older. The disease follows a series of steps from mild decline with little noticed changes to very severe cognitive decline where the final stage of the disease is in progress (Basic 19-21). Throughout the stages, independence becomes lost and family members will become care takers and in the later stages nursing homes or hospice may be needed. One book encourages the care giver to communicate through body language, tone, and written instructions to help alleviate as much stress as possible for those living with Alzheimer’s (Living 47). The book further adds when caring for a person with Alzheimer’s remember to maintain patience and to show respect .

Purpose: The test that will be administered will be the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ). The purpose for this test is to assess aggressive acts and proneness to aggression, by first measuring traits of aggressive habits and second to measure the frequency of specific acts of aggression. The demographics of Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire has been administered multiple types of individuals from prison inmates men and women, individuals diagnosed with mental problems as well as individuals in specific employment fields. The BPAQ is administered to measure ones aggression levels. Objective: The ability to discover an individuals aggression levels would provide organizations a post character indicator of individuals

2008). The original questionnaire consists of 40 items that assess five forms of aggression: physical, property, verbal, relational, and passive-rational aggression, and are rated on a Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (almost never) to 5 (always). There is convergent validity with another popular aggression measure, the Aggression Questionnaire (Buss & Warren, 2000; r = .65), and thus this is an acceptable measure of aggression. It has been modified to assess the frequency of behaviors during a set time interval (i.e., the questionnaire asks how often a certain behavior occurred in the past five days [the 1-5 scale has changed to never, once, twice, 3-4 times, 5+ times, respectively], and items have been changed to the past tense); for this study, 13 items were chosen (3 physical, 1 property, 5 verbal, 2 relational, and 2 passive-rational; see Appendix). Scores for physical, property, verbal, relational, and passive-rational will range from 0-15, 0-5, 0-25, 0-10, and 0-10,

Theorists Betty Neumann, in systems model, focused on the role of the nurse in preventing stress invasion in the patient environment. Increasing the knowledge of the nurse and their perception of demented patients that are at high risk for assault will cause a change in the environment to decrease stress invasion in patients with cognitive difficulties which will intern decrease patient on patient assault. A patient that is demented and admitted in an inpatient facility is at high risk of exhibiting assault because of increasing confusion associated with environmental change and the cognitive difficulties that the illness imposes on them. The nurse who is knowledgeable and aware of these risks will work towards decreasing the behaviors that

Prior learning of behavioural concepts and principles, I considered the functions of aggressive, disturbance, challenging behaviours of the mental health patients that I encountered during my mental health clinical practical only from the medical perspectives instead of also considering from the behavioural perspectives. I thought that administration of medications, restraints, seclusion and increased observations of the problem behaviours were the only solution to control problem behaviours to protect serious harm to patients who are at risk of damaging their own reputation and others. I can now see that the current practice of the nurses in management of aggressive behaviour was trying to eliminate the negative behaviours through negative