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Dignity in Medicine: Definition, Assessment and Therapy.
Curr Psychiatry Rep
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Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 64°, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.
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- Dignity and dignity-conserving care have gained focus in various medical disciplines over the last 20 years, prompting a review of literature that explores definitions, issues, and suggested interventions related to dignity in healthcare.
- Research indicates that dignity is complex and should be a key focus within health organizations, emphasizing the need for regular assessment and tailored interventions to support both extrinsic and intrinsic dignity.
- The findings underscore the importance of a holistic, patient-centered approach in healthcare, along with the need for systematic efforts to tackle challenges that compromise dignity, fostering environments of compassion and respect.
A pragmatic trial testing a tailored non pharmacologic therapies on nocturnal behavioral and psychological symptoms associated with dementia.
Geriatr Nurs
March 2022
Department of Clinical Research, State Geriatric Center, Marseille, France. Electronic address:
We compared the efficacy of tailored non pharmacological therapies (NPT) on specific nocturnal behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). This retrospective 1-year study included 84 older dependent patients institutionalized in 7 long-term care home. Dedicated assistants, who were taught by experts how to use NPT, were asked to record the occurrence of each BPSD episode, to choose a given NPT on the basis of their knowledge of the patient and the type of BPSD and to estimate its efficacy.
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The use of reminiscence therapy for the treatment of depression in rural-dwelling older adults.
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School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402-6172, USA.
This article explores the potential for the use of reminiscence therapy as an effective means of reducing depression among institutionalized, rural-dwelling elders, especially elderly women. Reminiscence therapy is a nurse-initiated intervention that has the advantages of being cost-effective, therapeutic, social, and recreational for the institutionalized older adult. As a communicative psychosocial process, reminiscence therapy has proven to be a valuable intervention for the depressed elderly client (Cully, LaVoie, & Gfeller, 2001; Haight & Hendrix, 1998; Haight, Michel, & Hendrix, 1998, 2000).
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