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2. Dementia caregiving - Wikipedia

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   The environment that a person with dementia lives in is very important. Nurses should help provide a healthy environment for people with dementia. A negative, frustrated atmosphere from the nurses could lead to emotional neglect for the patients. [29] Nursing home managers do not understand how to take care of their dementia patients either ...

3. Gerontological nursing - Wikipedia

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   A gerontological nurse specialist is an advanced practice nurse or nurse practitioner who has graduate education in gerontological nursing. Specific education in gerontological care is important for all nurses, even those who work outside of long-term care, because older adults make up a significant portion of patients across specialties. [40]

4. Research suggests link between low-quality education, dementia

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   Story at a glance Children who have receive poor-quality education have a higher risk of developing dementia later in life, a new study suggests. The study recently published in JAMA Neurology ...

5. Dementia - Wikipedia

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   Worldwide the cost of dementia in 2015 was put at US$818 billion. People with dementia are often physically or chemically restrained to a greater degree than necessary, raising issues of human rights. [2] [282] Social stigma is commonly perceived by those with the condition, and also by their caregivers. [103]

6. Alzheimer's disease - Wikipedia

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   Regarding incidence, cohort longitudinal studies (studies where a disease-free population is followed over the years) provide rates between 10 and 15 per thousand person-years for all dementias and 5–8 for AD, [236] [237] which means that half of new dementia cases each year are Alzheimer's disease. Advancing age is a primary risk factor for ...

7. Online learning in higher education - Wikipedia

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   As online education has become the dominant form of distance education, new theories are emerging that combine elements of constructivism and technology. Siemens' Connectivism "is the integration of principles explored by chaos, network, and complexity and self-organization theories".(p. 5 [ 38 ] ) Connectivism places knowledge in "diversity of ...