Best Practice Dementia Nursing Competencies for Primary and Patient-Centred Care

Running head: EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE ESSAY
Evidence based practice essay
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EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE ESSAY
Assessment 3
Introduction
Dementia can be considered as a group of conditions that are characterized by
eventual impairment of the brain tissues (Foley & Swanwick, 2014). As per the statistical
data, one Australian adult aged 65 and above are diagnosed with dementia and there have
been 11000 deaths identified caused by dementia. Hence, dementia is easily the second
leading cause of death in Australia and as per the data of 2016, there have been 354000
people reported to be suffering from dementia (Aihw.gov.au, 2018).
Hence, dementia is a potent clinical issue for Australian health care system, and the
lack of best practice dementia specific nursing competencies is a grave concern (Hopkins,
2017). Hence, this topic has been chosen for this assignment. As a nursing student myself
with aged care as my speciality area, the alarming situation of dementia is of imperative
importance to me. The research on the effectiveness of the best practice dementia nursing
competencies on improving primary and patient centred care will help me improve my
practice.
I hoped to compare the effectiveness of dementia nursing competencies or best
practices by nurses in improving primary and patient-centred care offered to dementia
patients
Best Evidence
Best Practice Level of
Evidence
Study Design In-text Citation in CDU
APA 6th Format
Valuing dementia
patients and their
caretakers to enhance
patient-centered care
Level 1 Systematic
review
(Tsaroucha, Benbow,
Kingston, & Mesurier,
2013).
Assisting dementia
patients to engage in
various activities.
Level 6 Qualitative
study
(Mary Benbow,
Tsaroucha, Ashley,
Morgan, & Kingston,
2011).
Interdisciplinary Level 7 Expert opinion (Robinson, 2007)

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EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE ESSAY
collaboration,
assessment, and
development of personal
care plan for dementia
patients.
Annotated Bibliography
Tsaroucha, A., Benbow, S. M., Kingston, P., & Mesurier, N. L. (2013). Dementia skills for all: a core
competency framework for the workforce in the United Kingdom. Dementia, 12(1), 29-44.
doi: 10.1177/1471301211416302.
This systematic review attempted to identify the relevant frameworks in order to identify a
set of generic core competencies informing a competency based curriculum that meets the needs
of improved dementia training and education. The authors have been engaged in research in the
Stanfordshire university. They have taken the assistance of key databases including PubMed,
CINAHL, Proquest, and Google scholar to research articles of the timeline 1999 to December,
2009. 18 competency frameworks had been identified and a set of 8 core competencies along
with 87 knowledge technical and attitude/ behavioural skills. Four key elements had been
identified based on which the core competency framework had been developed that fit to the
equation based theory of person centred acre by Brooker and Latham (2015). Hence, the authors
identified valuing dementia patients and their caretakers and viewing the world from their
perspective, and creating a positive social setting for those patients the most important need.
Mary Benbow, S., Tsaroucha, A., Ashley, M., Morgan, K., & Kingston, P. (2011). Patients' and
carers' views on dementia workforce skills. The Journal of Mental Health Training,
Education and Practice, 6(4), 195-202. doi: 10.1108/17556221111194536.
This qualitative study had aimed to explore the skills that the dementia patients and their
carers perceive as the most needed to be acquired by the care workforce, especially for the West
Midlands dementia workforce (Mary Benbow, Tsaroucha, Ashley, Morgan, & Kingston, 2011).
Susan Mary Benbow is a Professor of Mental Health and Ageing, Anna Tsaroucha is a Post-
Doctoral Research Fellow, Maurice Ashley is a Service User, Kathleen Morgan is a Service User and
Honorary Lecturer and Paul Kingston is a Director of the Centre for Ageing and Mental Health, all
in the Faculty of Health, Centre for Ageing and Mental Health, Staffordshire University, UK. The
study took the assistance of focus group analysis, a carers’ group and memory group who
contacted the people living from dementia and their carers to through cafes where they were