Research Determination of the Dementia among Nursing Homes Residents Zan Hussam M.1,*, Adea Murtada K.2, Ali Deeaa K. Abd3 1Department of Psychiatric and Mental Health, University of Kufa, Faculty of Nursing, Iraq 2Department of Community Health Nursing, University of Kufa, Faculty of Nursing, Iraq 3Department of Adult Nursing, University of Kufa, Faculty of Nursing, Iraq *Corresponding Author E-mail: Hussamm.alamarei@ukufa.edu.iq
Online published on 20 December, 2018. Abstract The present evaluations give a sign of the quantities of individuals matured 60 years and over with dementia worldwide and in various world locales. Dementia is a syndrome, which is progressive in nature. In dementia deterioration in memory, thinking and behavior of the patient occurs. In other words, it affects the memory, thinking, orientation, communication, comprehension, calculation, learning capacity, language and judgment of patients. However, the consciousness of dementia patients is not affected Top Keywords Nursing home, Elderly, Geriatric, Alzheimer disease; Dementia. Top |