Specifics of nursing care for patients with Alzheimer's disease in Alzheimercentrum

Alzheimer's dementia is a disease that results in complete decomposition of the patient personality. The number of patients who become ill with Alzheimer's dementia in the world is constantly increasing and nursing care for these patients is therefore becoming a hot topic. The objective of the bachelor?s thesis entitled ?The specifics of nursing care for patients with Alzheimer's disease in Alzheimercentrum? was to determine the specifics of nursing care for patients with Alzheimer's dementia along with the fact whether nursing professionals starting to work at the Alzheimercentrum are familiar with these specifics.The theoretical part deals with the causes and symptoms of various types of dementia and concrete specifics of nursing care for patients with Alzheimer's dementia and with dementia of another type, including differences in nursing care.The practical part took a form of quantitative research. The survey research was carried out using questionnaires, respondents being general nurses, nursing assistants and professional social workers starting to work at the Alzheimercentrum on devices Filipov, Zlosyň, Průhonice, Písek and Loucký Mlýn. The results were summarized into the graphs, the analysis of which confirmed the hypothesis No. 1: Nursing care for patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease is different from care for seniors with dementia of another type, and hypothesis No. 2: Nursing staff taking up the post of general nurse at Alzheimercentrum have knowledge of the specifics of the nursing care for demented patients. On the other hand, hypothesis No. 3: Nursing staff taking up the post of professional social worker at Alzheimercentrum have knowledge of the specifics of the nursing care of demented patients, was not confirmed. The outcomes of the research have shown that general nurses have satisfactory knowledge of nursing care for patients with dementia; unlike nursing assistants and professional social worker who lack this type of knowledge. Educational material based on these outcomes is going to be published; it shall make it easier for the nursing staff at Alzheimercentrum to understand the specifics of nursing care for patients with Alzheimer's dementia and dementia of another type. This material can also be used in trainings of nursing care for patients with dementia