The Effect Of Dementia On The Elderly Population

Dementia is a horrible disease that affects the elderly population. I am currently the caregiver to my mother- in -law who has dementia, currently I had to place her in a long term care (LTC) facility and every day I wonder if it was the right thing to do, or if I could have prolonged the inevitable. I chose to explore this population and how case management (CM) interventions would have delayed placement. The goal was to determine through interventions if CM support to caregivers, could delay placement of an elderly person into a LTC facility for dementia patients. Interventions would involve in home visits and phone calls to the care giver (Thanm-Tam et al., 2013). Through these interventions the CM nurse would discuss handling problem behaviors,