This shows that big improvements in quality of life can be achieved with small changes. Give health care assistants better training about dementia and give them more time to talk to patients. This small cheap change has several benefits: nurses can do more nursing; meals get eaten; falls are reduced; people feel like they're getting better care; etc.
Here's one fascinating article about US prisons which face a serious problem. (Caution: contains descriptions of violent crimes.)
(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/health/dealing-with-dement...)
This shows that big improvements in quality of life can be achieved with small changes. Give health care assistants better training about dementia and give them more time to talk to patients. This small cheap change has several benefits: nurses can do more nursing; meals get eaten; falls are reduced; people feel like they're getting better care; etc.