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Staff Perceptions Of Quality Interactions In Dementia Care, Rebecka A. Schultz
Staff Perceptions Of Quality Interactions In Dementia Care, Rebecka A. Schultz
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The national aging trend suggests that population of those aged 65 and older will reach 83.7 million by the year 2050. With increasing age comes the growing possibility of one getting some form of dementia. The Alzheimer’s Association expects the number of American’s with dementia to triple from the reported 5 million cases in 2014 by 2050. With a rise in this cognitively impaired population there is reason to look closely at the needs of persons with dementia living in residential facilities and whether or not they are being met. The main focus of residential facilities is to provide aid …