AVOIDING RESTRAINT TO PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA
Dementia is a disease that comes from collective sources and it affects the brain causing several disorders, it can affect the thinking pattern of a person that may prevent them and their ability to perform specific daily task. Usually older people about 40 years of age and above can have dementia but it is more or less common to people at the age of 65, people should also understand that this is not a normal stage of life and not every older people gets this disease but there are several factors that causes it. Some of the most common and known dementia are Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson disease and Vascular dementia. Although there many conditions that is similar to this disease there should be an equal findings and consideration.
Dementia occurs frequently but it may not always look obvious and it can be very delicate. If a certain individual may show some signs such as personality changes that includes ignorance from attention, withdrawal, frequent memory loss, less physical activity performance from usual task and things like this can be symptoms that a patient may have this disease. Dementia can also be treated if symptoms have been perceived earlier, there are now several medicines that can be given that can maintain and reduce depression and other deficiency of patient but this does not mean that they can be totally healed. All over the world the most important cure and treatment that they can give especially among the family is the love and support that they can give.
Avoiding restraint has been the focal point and issues from various medical professionals about people suffering from dementia and clinicians have mostly agreed to reduce restraint in taking care of the patients whether at home or in the hospital. The resistance of patients from various restraints can cause severe health and safety of people sufferings from such disease this can be emotional, physical and mental problem. The fundamental objectives of this practice are to protect not just the patient but also the people that surrounds them if they act violently. The patient should not be led to anger and hatred from restraints, the nurses and immediate family must be conditioned and taught to handle about such situation very well about the ideas.
On the other hand the person with this disease can also be conditioned slowly, little by little and as soon as they respond to some situation and if they are in control only then they may be a possibility of restraint. If a certain patient would act harshly or violently destroying various things around them it can be crucial to decide if there should be a restraint but it may required forces to admonish such character but it is up for the nurse or family to decide during those times. Nurses and doctors believed that there are certain needs that has been unmet that triggers the patient to act harshly. There is certain assessment that needs to be validated at this point.
Individually the doctor must also need a further study about the behavior of the patient so they can give additional advice of what kind of treatment and medicines should be taken basically maximum tolerance should be exercised to provide safe cares without restraining. The person suffering from dementia should always have someone to talk to, communication is a very important process and this can eliminate restraint if they have found a person they can deal with and enjoy with. If a patient does not want to communicate then let them be, a certain question that only requires a certain gesture should be used if possible.
There is some possibility that a patient is asking for something for example they would like to go outside during rain so the family or nurses are forced to some degree of constraints to deal with them but if they can simply point out the object they would like to get, and then there will be no problem. This can be achieved through constant practice and communication conditioning. There are also times that they will need to go to the toilet so nurses or family should be constantly guided above their movement so there will be no restraints and fighting that can trigger or hinder their actions.
Medical people can use and teach various measuring scale and other instrument to determine signs of their behavior this may include their gestures, movements, facial expressions, participation and other determinants. All this should be practiced and mastered to somehow control the patient, this cannot guarantee a total control but at least it can definitely bring them to a more comfortable situation to handle when they are confronted with various misdemeanors from patients. Restraining from patients who are also suffering from weak physical inability should be highly being taken care of.
Weak patients with dementia must not be restrained in order to eliminate movements to avoid falling and other physical discomfort that can even add up to a more severe physical injury, they should always be on the lookout to prevent most falls and collision from most objects. And most of all it is very important to understand their conditions especially among their family and peers they must find practical ways in dealing with their patients. Family can ask their physician or local government and other organizations that can give support like the following;
(http://www.fightdementia.org.au/)
(http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Dementia_support_services_are_available)
(http://www.fightdementia.org.au/).
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