Understanding approaches to continence care for people living with dementia in acute hospital settings: an ethnographic study

Journal article

Background The acute hospital setting has become a key site of care for people living with dementia. People living with dementia are one of the largest populations in our hospitals, with the Department of Health and Social Care recognising that 25–50% of all acute hospital admissions are people who are also living with dementia. However, people living with dementia are a highly vulnerable group in the hospital setting and, following an acute admission, their functional abilities can deteriora...

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Authors: Featherstone, K; Northcott, A; Boddington, P; Edwards, D; Vougioukalou, S

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: NIHR Journals Library
• Journal: Health and Social Care Delivery Research
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 14
• Pages: 1-142
• Publication date: 2022-06-01
• DOI: 10.3310/quvv2680
• EISSN: 2755-0079
• ISSN: 2755-0060
• Language: English
• Keywords: Qualitative research; Participant observation; Acute care; Psychology; Health care; Gerontology; Medicine; Nursing; Sociology; Meaning (existential); Narrative; Psychotherapist; Focus group; Ethnography; Dementia