The quality of care for people with dementia in general hospital settings has attracted widespread concern. While organisation-wide strategies are needed to address many of the issues, the nursing role is critical to articulating and promoting good practice. This article focuses on promoting dignity for older people with dementia and offers a number of strategies to help individual nurses and nursing teams reflect on and promote good practice.
Nursing Standard. 25, 29, 42-47. doi: 10.7748/ns2011.03.25.29.42.c8402
Correspondencecharlotte.wilkinson.1@city.ac.uk
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