Author/Editor		Pentek, Metka
Title		Dejavnosti, primerne za bolnike z demenco
Translated title		Activities for demented people
Type		članek
Source		Zdrav Vars
Vol. and No.		Letnik 36, št. 9-10
Publication year		1997
Volume		str. 373-7
Language		slo
Abstract		Progressing disease is by all means posing limitations to demented patients, but they are nevertheless capable of performing and collaborating in different activities. According to preserved capabilities they can collaborate and perform some activities which help them keep social relations, physical and mental abilities and skills. The combined activities (life book, "that's how it was in the old days", everyday activities, services, music related activities, social activities), predominantly physical activities (walking, other physical activities, gymnastics) and training for preservation of intelectual abilities (training for the preservation of vocabulary and word understanding, training for the preservation of short-and long-term memory, training for the abstract thinking and visual imagination) are quoted in the contribution. Health workers and relations who work with the demented patients, stimulate and help them, should take enough time not to provoke the patient's anxiety by their own uneasiness and haste. Realistic expectations about patient's abilities are of great importance.
Summary		Dementnim bolnikom napredujoča bolezen postavlja različne omejitve. Kljub temu so sposobni opravljati različna opravila in sodelovati pri različnih dejavnostih. Glede na ohranjene sposobnosti lahko bolnik sodeluje in opravlja nekaj dejavnosti, ki mu pomagajo ohranjati socialne odnose, telesne in miselne sposobnosti ter spretnosti. V sestanku so omenjene sestavljene dejavnosti (življenjska knjiga, "tako je bilo v starih časih", vsakodnevne dejavnosti, storitvene dejavnosti, dejavnosti, povezane z glasbo, družabne dejavnosti), pretežno telesne dejavnosti (hoja, druge telesne dejavnosti, telovadba) ter vaje za ohranjanje intelektualnih sposobnosti (vaje namenjene ohranjanju besednega zaklada in razumevanju besed, vaje za ohranjanje kratkotrajnega in dolgoročnega spomina, vaje za vadbo abstraktnega mišljenja in vizualnih predstav). Zdravstveni delavci in svojci, ki sodelujejo z dementnim bolnikom in ga vzpodbujajo ter mu pomagajo, si morajo vzeti dovolj časa, saj njihov nemir in hitenje izzove nemir tudi pri bolniku. Zelo pomembno je imeti stvarna pričakovanja glede bolnikovih sposobnosti.
Descriptors		DEMENTIA ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING EXERCISE