Philip's Dementia Care Plan

This document outlines a detailed care plan for Philip, an individual experiencing dementia. It identifies strategies to manage his agitation while fostering happiness and encouraging positive engagement. The plan emphasizes the importance of family, friend, and community support in creating a conducive environment for Philip. Specific interventions are suggested, including role-playing sessions, engaging games, and the development of a positive atmosphere. The document also cites relevant research on dementia care.

MENTAL HEALTH
ASSIGNMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
CARE PLAN ..................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Philip Lusk is a 69 year old dementia patient who is showing psychological symptoms of
dementia. For managing his behaviour through psychological interventions a detailed care plan
has been prepared. Three different interventions including verbal, non verbal and environmental
interventions have been included in the care plan.
CARE PLAN
DAT
E
NURSING
OUTCOMES
NURSING INTERVENTIONS Person
respons
ible
EVAL
UATI
ON
CRITE
RIA –
MET
EVALU
ATION
CRITER
IA –
UNMET
20/05
/15
Decreases agitation
shown by Philip
when he was facing
difficulty in
understanding
verbal
communication.
Verbal communication -
1- Speak clearly and slowly and use plain
terminology and short sentences while making
interaction with him.
2- Giving importance for repeating important
part of message so that its meaning should be
clearly understood (Fain, 2017).
3-Properly and actively listening to the
messages and information.
4- Tone of voice should be clear and positive
and in friendly manner.
5- Express empathy and be aware of counter
transfers for not judging Mr. Lusk.
6- Giving simple choices to Mr. Lusk so that
creating complicated choices could be avoided.
7- Appropriate time should be given to Mr.
Philip for responding so that he can express his
views in a simple and effective manner
Care
staff ,
nurse ,
doctors
, family
membe
rs and
friends.
Met
1

(Safarpour and et.al., 2015).
22/05
/15
Decrease agitation
shown by Philip
when he was facing
difficulty in
understanding
simple task.
Non verbal communication :-
1- Facial expressions should be appropriate so
that Philip can understand the meaning of
messages that are provided to him.
2- Body gestures and physical movements
should also be appropriate so that Mr. Lusk can
understand the meaning of verbal
communication easily.
3- Distance between speaker and listener should
not be very large so that the message and
information should be clearly heard (Massimo
and et.al., 2015).
4- Body gestures should be paired with the
verbal messages so that the messages should be
supported with the physical body movements.
5- Eye contacts should be made with the
patients so that his morale and motivation level
should be enhanced.
6- Appropriate combination of body and facial
gestures should be there so that feelings of
sadness and happiness and aggressiveness
should be there.
Care
staff ,
nurse ,
doctors
, family
membe
rs and
friends.
Met
27/05
/15
Decreases agitation
shown by Philip
when he becomes
overwhelmed with
what is going
around him.
Environmental changes
1- Family members and friends should render
appropriate support to Mr. Philip so that his
involvement could be taken in all the
interventions that are designed for him.
2- All the care practitioners should make efforts
for developing a healthy and positive
Care
staff ,
nurse ,
doctors
, family
membe
rs and
Met
2

atmosphere around Mr Lush so that he could be
involved in different activities and positive and
conductive atmosphere could be provided to
them (Mesquita, Zamarioli and de Carvalho,
2016).
3- Local community people including
neighbours and other society members should
provide necessary support to person suffering
from dementia.
4- Role playing sessions and attractive games
could be organized so that Mr Lusk can take
actively part in that and it will also help for
designing a conductive atmosphere around him.
friends.
Review date – 30/6/2015
Signature -
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REFERENCES
Books and Journal
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Mesquita, A. C., Zamarioli, C. M., & de Carvalho, E. C. (2016). The use of robots in nursing
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15(3). 404-413.
Safarpour, D. & et.al. (2015). Nursing home and end-of-life care in Parkinson disease.
Neurology. 85(5). 413-419.
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