Paper Assignment
Length: 5 pages.
Write a 5 pages paper that examines dementia in older adults and explores the challenges it might present to their caregivers.
In your paper, you will need to address the following:
I. Identify the top five key components (such as assessment, diagnosis, treatment, research, ethics, diversity, family support, or community resources) that you believe are most important to work effectively with older adults who have a dementia.
II. Address several concerns that may arise when working with older adults who have dementia.
III. Make recommendations to older adults, caregivers, and family members regarding older adults who have cognitive impairments, such as dementia, and explain how caregivers must adapt their strategies to ensure that they are adequately meeting the needs of the elderly.
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
References
Boustani, M., Schubert, C., & Sennour, Y. (2007). The challenge of supporting care for dementia in primary care. Clinical interventions in aging, 2(4), 631-636.
Brewster, G. S., Epps, F., Dye, C. E., Hepburn, K., Higgins, M. K., & Parker, M. L. (2019). The Effect of the "Great Village" on Psychological Outcomes, Burden, and Mastery in African American Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 733464819874574. Advance online publication.
Hirschman, K.B., & Hodgson, N.A. (2018). Evidence-Based Interventions for Transitions in Care for Individuals Living With Dementia, The Gerontologist, 58(1), S129-S140.
Riley, R. J., Burgener, S., & Buckwalter, K. C. (2014). Anxiety and stigma in dementia: a threat to aging in place. The Nursing clinics of North America, 49(2), 213-231.
Smebye, K.L., Kirkevold, M. & Engedal, K. (2015). Ethical dilemmas concerning autonomy when persons with dementia wish to live at home: a qualitative, hermeneutic study. BMC Health Serv Res, 16(21).
Whitehouse P. J. (2000). Ethical issues in dementia. Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 2(2), 162-167.