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Experiences and Needs of Nursing Staff Caring for Double Care Demanding Patients: A Qualitative Study

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Collet J

 Nursing staff has a key role in the multidisciplinary care for patients with combined mental (psychiatric and/or psychogeriatric) and physical problems (DCD-patients). This study explores the experiences and needs of DCDnursing staff in Dutch mental healthcare (MH) and nursing home (NH) settings, to identify factors to provide optimal care for DCD-patients. A qualitative approach was used, consisting of five semi-structured focus group interviews with DCD-staff (n=28) from MH- and NH-settings in the Netherlands. Five levels of factors were identified: Patient-related factors (complexity of combined care needs, and complexity of behavioral problems); Informal care-related factors (misapprehension of DCD-complexity, and involvement of volunteers); Professional carerelated factors (c... view more»

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