Case presentation:

76-year-old patient living in a geriatric centre with moderate-phase Alzheimer, who shows agitation and stress in an uncomfortable situation. Faced with the appearance of these behavioural changes, both the nurse in charge and the family do not know how to act.

Objectives:

To identify the most effective nursing interventions to manage and prevent behavioural changes in a person with Alzheimer’s in a moderate phase, and assess family integration into these care strategies.

Literature review:

A bibliographic search was carried out on the CINAHL and PubMed databases, selecting 7 articles.

Results:

Four types of nursing interventions have been identified for the management and prevention of behavioural changes: sensory, environmental, physical and psycho-emotional. There are few interventions developed in geriatric centres that integrate the family in the care of patients.

Conclusion:

The implementation of the selected nursing interventions creates an improvement in both the management and prevention of behavioural changes. The implementation of such activities by the family unit increases the positive effects on the family, the resident and the nursing team. However, more studies that integrate the family are needed to generalize the results.

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