Caring for Patients with Late Stage Dementia
Order# AD210
Presented by Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH
case presentations
15 minutes
$150 purchase; $75 rental
Providing care for Alzheimer’s patients in the last stage of the disease is care intensive, demanding and emotionally difficulty. Nurses and nursing assistants will both benefit from this unique program in which Dr. Peter Rabins goes with a nurse to review the special needs and care required by patients in their last weeks or months of life.
Although most patients in this video are no longer able to verbally communicate, nursing staff continue to provide the highest standards of care. Their efforts include: recognizing each patient as an individual; ensuring patient comfort; preventing skin breakdown and ulcers; recognizing signs of pain; and supporting families.
Viewers will see actual patients and observe the physical, functional and cognitive decline associated with late stage dementia. Nursing staff discuss with Dr. Rabins the changing and increasing care needs with emphasis on providing comfort and companionship during these final days.
Watch this interactive discussion with nursing staff that raises many issues concerning care at the end of life including respecting resident’s advance directives and families’ directives concerning artificial feeding and medical interventions. Staff commentaries elaborate on the special significance and rewards of providing the best possible end of life care for residents with late stage dementia.
Topics: End of life, hospice, palliative care
Audience: Health care professionals; long-term care staff; nursing assistants;
hospice staff, students in allied health and nursing programs.
Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH
is nationally recognized in the medical community as a leader in the care of Alzheimer’s patients and has participated in over 25 Video Press productions...