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Unit 17 TASK 2: Caring for individuals with Dementia (Distinction!)| Educating Staff for the Improved Care of Behavioral Dementia Residents (Old Title)
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Running head: TIMELINE/PLAN 1
Educating Staff for the Improved Care of Behavioral Dementia Residents (Old Title)
Decreasing Caregiver Stress, Burnout and Burden with the increase of knowledge: A Quality
Improvement Project (New Title)
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Jechell S. Lary-Waller
Georgia College and State University Author Note
, TIMELINE/PLAN 2
Abstract
Dementia is described as a significant decline in cognitive function that interferes with living
independently and performing everyday life activities adequately. In dementia, there are
neuropsychiatric symptoms as well as behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia
(BPSD) that are present in many dementia residents depending upon the stage (LaMukherjee,
Biswas, Roy, Biswas, Gangopadhyay, & Das 2017). Dementia residents that are behavioral are
typically challenging to care for in the home. Therefore, they are placed in long-term care
facilities such as nursing homes. Caregivers of the behavioral dementia residents need education
that is explicitly geared to understanding techniques to care for the resident appropriately.
Because Dementia is progressive in nature, behavioral problems that require expertise and
knowledge is essential to reduce behavioral symptoms in the dementia resident as well as
decrease stress, burnout and burden of the caregivers to increase efficacy.
Keywords: Dementia, Behavioral, Caregivers, BPSD, Efficacy
Introduction
There is not enough information regarding the dementia resident and the impact that
these residents have on caregivers. Because of the dementia resident’s behavior, delivering
quality care can be challenging. The dementia resident has behavioral issues that are complex
and require unique skills from the caregiver in order to deliver optimal care. Behavior dementia
residents are unlike elderly aging adults in that the behavior can be violent, or difficult, causing
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