Managing agitation and raising quality of life: ethnographic observations in hospital and care homes of agitated people living with dementia

We examined how staff interpreted agitation behaviour in people living with dementia nearing end of life, how this may influence their responses and impact on the quality of care. Structured and semi-structured non-participant observations of people living with dementia nearing end of life in hospital and care homes. These data were collected using a structured tool and checklist for behaviours classed as agitation and staff and institutional responses.

29 observations were made in acute hospital setting and 12 were made in the care home setting (files have _CH in the name).

本研究探讨了医护人员如何解读患有痴呆症且临近生命终点的患者所表现出的躁动行为，以及这种行为可能对其反应产生的影响及其对护理质量造成的影响。本研究通过结构化和半结构化的非参与者观察，对医院和养老院中临近生命终点的痴呆症患者进行了观察。所收集的数据采用了一种结构化工具和清单，用于对躁动行为进行分类，并记录了医护人员及机构的应对措施。在急性医院环境中进行了29次观察，在养老院环境中进行了12次观察（文件名中包含_CH后缀）。