- 期刊
多層面模式之失智症照護經驗
Experience of Comprehensive Care Model for Dementia
摘要
隨著全世界老年人口的增加，老年疾病的照護也相形重要，尤其是失智症疾病。台灣也同樣面臨失智人口的攀升，使得衛生主管機關及醫療機構不容忽視此重要議題。失智症的特性主要是智能減退，尤其是近期記憶喪失、早中期病患會出現行為及精神障礙，中後期逐漸出現日常獨立生活能力的喪失等情形。臺北市立聯合醫院期望建立一個「失智症醫護管理中心」，集結多重專業團隊（其中包含神經內科醫師、精神科醫師、護理師、社工師、臨床心理師、營養師及職能治療師），提供失智症患者及其主要照顧者，一個完善的全人照護服務模式；模式中更包含「記憶特別門診」、「照顧者訓練計畫」、「遠距照護系統」、「社區照護網絡」、「日間病房」等多元系列服務，藉此滿足輕中度失智症患者健全的照護支持環境。
並列摘要
With the rise in the elderly population worldwide, the detection and treatment of geriatric disorders, including dementia, has become increasingly more important to a nation's public heath. As a developed country, Taiwan is also facing a rise in the number of dementia cases. Dementia is a progressive disorder accompanied by deterioration in emotional control and social behavior as well as disability that affects functioning and making of decisions independently. Among the Municipal United Hospitals of Taiwan, Taipei City Hospital has created an Alzheimer's Disease Center (ADC) that brings together a professional dementia team consisting of neurologists, nurse practitioners, social workers, clinical psychologists, dietitians and occupational therapists. A number of comprehensive medical care facilities, including a ”Memory Special Clinic”, the ”Ruei-Chi School”, a ”Caregiver's Training Program”, the ”Tele-Healthcare System”, the ”Community-based Care Network”, and a ”Day Care Center”, have been established to provide people suffering from minor dementia with a series of psychological and memory-enhancing programs. The aim of our ADC model is to provide a better quality of life for dementia patients and their caregivers.