Att se människan bakom sjukdomen är som att lösa en gåta : En litteraturbaserad studie om vårdpersonalens erfarenheter av personcentrerad vård vid beteendemässiga och psykiska symtom vid demens (BPSD)

Sammanfattning: Background: There are around 150.000 people with dementia in Sweden. It is common to suffer from BPSD sometime during the course of the disease, which adversely affects the quality of life. Symptoms cause impairment to varying degrees, making everyday life difficult to handle independently. Person-centered care means seeing the person behind the disease and it is necessary to find the cause of behavior and to compensate for loss of function. Knowledge of experience of working person-centered is a prerequisite for being able to provide staff with necessary support. Aim: To highlight healthcare professionals' experiences of person-centered care in BPSD. Method: This is a qualitative literature study based on 12 scientific articles. Result: The main themes that emerged were: Own conditions and obstacles, External conditions and obstacles and Contradictory feelings at work. With associated subthemes: Seeing the person behind the disease, To balance between strategies and routines,To take personal responsibility, To have knowledge and experience, Being in need of support and cooperation, To meet organizational / environmental factors, To have access to background information, To feel success and satisfaction and To feel insufficient and powerless. Conclusion: Several conditions that favor dementia care emerged from the results, but there were also factors and obstacles that hampered nursing work. Person-centered work practices increase the possibility of well-being for all involved. In order to care for people with dementia with a person-centered approach, more research in the subject, more resources and in-depth education is required.