Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 10

Research Determination of the Dementia among Nursing Homes Residents

1Department of Psychiatric and Mental Health, University of Kufa, Faculty of Nursing, Iraq

2Department of Community Health Nursing, University of Kufa, Faculty of Nursing, Iraq

3Department of Adult Nursing, University of Kufa, Faculty of Nursing, Iraq

*Corresponding Author E-mail: Hussamm.alamarei@ukufa.edu.iq

Online published on 20 December, 2018.

Abstract

The present evaluations give a sign of the quantities of individuals matured 60 years and over with dementia worldwide and in various world locales. Dementia is a syndrome, which is progressive in nature. In dementia deterioration in memory, thinking and behavior of the patient occurs. In other words, it affects the memory, thinking, orientation, communication, comprehension, calculation, learning capacity, language and judgment of patients. However, the consciousness of dementia patients is not affected

Keywords

Nursing home, Elderly, Geriatric, Alzheimer disease; Dementia