Literature Review of Research Trends in Nursing and Nursing Practices at Group Homes for Elderly People with Dementia

Abstract

Although nurses are not indispensable according to the standards of staffing in Group Homes (GH) for elderly people with dementia, they are involved in health management due to the increasing medical needs of users, and the number of GH that employ nurses is increasing. The purpose of this study was to clarify the trends in nursing research in GH and the practices of nurses. The main research contents of the practice of nurses were “nursing of end-of-life (EOL) care” and “nursing other than EOL care”. The necessity of nurses in GH and the importance of cooperation with GH staff were also clarified in this study, but there were few reports on the practices of nurses, suggesting the need to clarify the actual situation in the future.