失智患者之進食困難及其非藥物處置

進食困難是失智患者最常見之進食問題，直接影響患者之進食量，進而導致體重減輕、學養不良、感染率及入住機構機會增加。本文從失智患者進食困難之定義、盛行率導入，並說明有進食困難患者於進食過程中可能出現之行為特徵'進一步介紹改善失智患者進食困難之非藥物性處置，除了提升醫療專業人員及照顧者對失智患者進食困難現象之認識外，亦期望從事失智症照護之相關專業人員能應用進食困難之非藥物性處置增進患者之進食品質及減輕照顧者負擔。

關鍵字

失智症；進食困難；非藥物處置

並列摘要

Eating difficulty, the common eating problem of patients with dementia, affects food intake followed by weight loss, malnutrition and increased infection rates and the opportunities of being placed into institutions. This article is to introduce the definition and prevalence of eating difficulty, illustrate the attributes of eating difficulty behaviors which may occur in the eating process, and then, present the non-pharmacological interventions of improving eating difficulty in patients with dementia. In addition to promoting medical professionals' and caregivers' understanding about the phenomenon of eating difficulty, it is hoped that dementia care professional can apply the non-pharmacological interventions to improve eating difficulty, to enhance eating quality of patients with dementia and to decrease caregiver burden.

並列關鍵字

dementia ； eating difficulty ； non-pharmacological intervention

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