Personcentrerad vård vid demenssjukdom : En litteraturstudie om sjuksköterskors erfarenheter

ABSTRACT Background: The care of patients with dementia should be based on person-centered care. The person-centered care focuses on looking beyond the diagnosis and focuses on the person's individual needs. According to laws and governing documents, the purpose of nurses should be person-centered care. On the other hand, previous research showed that person-centered care is not necessarily applied. Aim: The aim was to describe nurses' experiences of various factors of person-centered care for patients with dementia. Method: Qualitative, systematic literature study in which 13 care science articles were analyzed. Result: Two themes and six subthemes emerged. The first theme was Restrictions in care with the following sub-themes: To lack in their competence, To experience obstacles in the team and To experience a lack of time. The second theme was Factors that improve care, including three sub-themes: Creating a care relationship, Taking part in the life story and That the care environment is important. Conclusion: Nurses described limiting conditions which had an impact on person-centered care. Expand the competence of nurses, have a good collaboration between colleagues and having enough time can benefit nurses' care. The nurses also highlighted the importance of a care relationship, seeing patients as a whole and that the care environment was adapted to patients' individual needs can promote person-centered care for patients with dementia. Keywords: Experiences, nurse perspective, person-centered care, systematic literature study, qualitative