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eCare Tool for Person-Centred Care of People with Dementia in Nursing Homes

Authors:
Pieter Kelber
Herwig De Smet
Michèle Van Rompaey
Birgit Kerstens
Peter Van Bogaert
Erik Franck

Keywords: person-centred care; dementia; life stories; behavioural and psychological symtoms of dementia

Abstract:
Electronic tools have the potential to support healthcare staff in providing more person-centred care to persons living with dementia in residential nursing homes. The paper describes work in progress to develop an eCare tool that provides relevant information to caregivers about the needs of persons living with dementia and appropriate actions related to behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. The eCare tool, an eHealth technology to be integrated in electronic care records kept in nursing homes, is particularly relevant in the context of ‘nurse team applications’. Increased person-centred care is linked to increase in job satisfaction and personal competence among nursing staff, resulting in lower turnover figures in nursing homes.

Pages: 12 to 15

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018

Publication date: March 25, 2018

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4359

ISBN: 978-1-61208-618-7

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from March 25, 2018 to March 29, 2018