HIV-associated dementia presenting predominantly with clinical motor deficits: A case report

‘Only my family can help’: the lived experience and care aesthetics of being resident on an NHS psychiatric/mental health inpatient dementia assessment ward – a single case study

“…The study has also started to lift the lid on an under-researched and overlooked aspect of dementia care policy and care practices, namely the compulsory admission of people living with dementia for a period of assessment and treatment on a dementia assessment ward (for a broad review and discussion, see Akther et al, 2019). Moreover, the article can also be seen as part of a tradition in the use of single case study data in dementia studies to illuminate previously unseen and difficult to reach groups, such as in HIV-associated dementia (McLean et al, 2022), young onset dementia (Williams et al, 1995) and semantic dementia (Kindell et al, 2014). Furthermore, the mixed qualitative methods used in this case study have revealed the individuality of such admissions to a dementia assessment ward and that the admission has an impact on caring practices, including those of family carers and as seen by the actions of Harry and how he lovingly, and patiently, encouraged his wife to eat and drink when ward staff were simply unable to achieve this taskand this is not meant as a criticism of the staff's nursing/caring practices.…”