Hello, My name is Isabella and I am a final year student nurse. We have recently begun a module at university which is aimed to help us understand and analyse problems within healthcare based around a specific area within our field of nursing (mine being adult). I have always been very interested in dementia and have had many placements where I have been able to care and look after persons with dementia. I also have a job on a dementia ward outside of university. For this module I have decided to investigate how carrying out operations e.g. hip operations effect a patient with dementia in an acute setting. I have read many articles and have been looking through lots of chat forums to analyse how operations effect those living with dementia e.g. I read that a person with dementia who undergoes a hip operation is twice as likely than a person without dementia to be in hospital far longer and have other health issues arise because of this. I was just wondering if anyone would be able to give me any advice (first hand experiences or professional medical advice) on why this may be the case and/or some of the effects that operations have upon those with dementia.
Kind regards.
Kind regards.