Improving Hospital Care for Persons with Dementia Book

Introduction
Background and Significance
How Many People With Dementia are Hospitalized
K. Maslow
In Search of Dementia-Friendly Hospitals: A Survey of Patient Care Directors in Massachusetts, N. M. Silverstein
Acute Care for Nursing Home Residents with Alzheimers Disease: Understanding Variations in Hospital Use Rates, M. W. Carter, F. W. Porell
Four Perspectives on the Hospital Experience for Persons with Dementia
The Hospital Experience: Perspectives of Assisted Living Providers, J. Hyde
A Geriatric Social Workers Perspective on Alzheimers Patients in the Emergency Room, S. Michelson
The Acute Care Experience in the Emergency Department, M. P. McKay, S. Farrell, K. Ennis, E. S. Binstadt
The In-Patient Experience from the Perspective of the Isolated Adult with Alzheimers Disease , C. E. Drebing, T. Harden
Promising Approaches Toward Improving Care for Hospitalized Elders with Dementia Changing Dementia Care in a Hospital System: The Providence Milwaukie Experience, F. Conedera, J. Beckwith
A NICHE Delirium Prevention Project for Hospitalized Elders, P. F. Guthrie, S. Schumacher, G. Edinger
Care of the Patient with Dementia in the Acute Care Setting: The Role of the ACE Unit, C. A. Lehman, S. Tyler, L. F. Amador
Windows to the Heart: Creating an Acute Care Dementia Unit, J. N. Nichols
Strategies for Making a Difference
Try This: Best Practices in Nursing Care for Hospitalized Older Adults with Dementia, C. Zembrzuski, M. Wallace, M. Boltz
Alzheimers Association New York City Chapter: Strategies for Improving Hospital Care, J. A. Levine, J. Marks
Conclusion
Index