A model for implementing guidelines for person-centered care in a nursing home setting.

Background: Systematic evaluations of knowledge translation interventions in nursing homes to improve practice are scarce. There is also a lack of studies focusing on creating sustainable evidence-based practice in the setting of residential dementia care.

Methods: The aim of this paper is to describe a model for implementing national evidence-based guidelines for care of persons with dementia in nursing homes.

Relatives' experiences of encountering the older person with acute confusional state: experiencing unfamiliarity in a familiar person.

Aims and objectives.  The aim was to understand the lived experience of close relatives encountering older persons with acute confusional state. Background.

The older patient's experience of encountering professional carers and close relatives during an acute confusional state: an interview study.

Background: Acute confusional state (ACS) is a common and difficult condition among older patients with a variety of opinions about how to act when encountering patients with ACS. Few studies to our knowledge have been found exploring the encounter from the perspective of older patients and their experiences.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to understand the experiences of older patients with ACS when encountering professional carers and close relatives.

Encountering the older confused patient: professional carers' experiences.

Unlabelled: THE STUDY'S RATIONALE: Confusion is a common condition among older patients and often a fearful experience. Opinions vary as to how to communicate with and care for confused patients and professional carers often find the patients' situation almost as distressing as the patients' themselves do.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe professional carers' experiences of their encounters with older confused patients.