If the patient gives permission, they should be included in developing and implementing the care plans.
A case manager implements the care plan and coordinates care delivery.
If an informal carer was present, the nurse provided this person a carer burden assessment and the results were implemented in the care plan.
The final results of this study may indicate whether such an approach needs to be implemented in the care plan of AD patients.
If the efficacy of this type of approach is proven, and persists in the year after inclusion, then it will be important to implement such programmes in the care plan of AD patients.
4– 7 Enhancing dementia care by implementing a collaborative dementia care model demands the development of a practical, accurate, sensitive to change, and multidomain clinical tool effective both in identifying the biopsychosocial needs of patients with dementia and in detecting any changes occurring in response to the care plan implemented by clinicians.
A New Zealand study, that involved practice nurses and GPs implementing a care plan with advice from a respiratory nurse and specialist physician, resulted in reduced hospital admissions and reduced hospital bed days and there were significant improvements in spirometry [ 19].
The focus groups began with general introductions then proceeded to opening questions, introductory questions, transition questions and were closed with a number of summary ending questions. Questions addressed the implementation process, challenges implementing advance care planning, advantages/disadvantages and recommendations for the future.
As critical care nurses are the primary providers implementing the nutrition plan of care for patients at the bed-side, the questionnaire was intended to be administered to nurses to identify modifiable barriers (i.e., factors amenable to change through a tailored intervention) to enterally feeding critically ill patients.
A semi-structured topic guide was used to direct questions that addressed implementation process, challenges implementing advance care planning, advantages/disadvantages and recommendations for the future.
