OBJECTIVE: This paper presents the findings of one facet of a larger study that explored the management of @entity1 with @entity303 as inpatients of acute care. The aim of the study is to provide a comprehensive multiprofessional view of the experience of providing care to @entity1 with @entity303 in an acute setting. DESIGN: Descriptive exploratory study. SETTING: Three acute care hospitals in South Australia. @entity1 : 25 health professionals who regularly provided care to @entity1 admitted to hospital with concurrent @entity303 . RESULTS: The information gathered provided a rich understanding of the frailty, dependency and unpredictable behaviour of @entity1 living with some form of @entity303 and how that creates tensions in a place that is environmentally, culturally and resourcefully bereft of what is required for truly effective care. CONCLUSION: The study showed that @entity1 with @entity303 are increasingly being admitted to hospital across almost every specialty and that many staff are ill prepared for meeting their needs. The heavily medically dominated environment of an acute care system lends itself to increased @entity911 and @entity2146 in these @entity1 that may rapidly escalate to @entity146 and violence. Due to various shortfalls in that system, staff will often resort to restraint in managing disruptive behaviour--which is not in the best interest of the @entity1 or the health care system. The way forward is to foster a multifactorial approach to a ' @entity303 friendly' system of care supported by education.

XXXX related @entity146 in the acute sector: is a Code Black really the answer?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patient', 'PARTICIPANTS', 'people'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['aggression'] @entity303 :: ('MESH:D003704', 'Disease') :: ['dementia'] @entity2146 :: ('MESH:D011595', 'Disease') :: ['agitation'] @entity911 :: ('MESH:D003221', 'Disease') :: ['confusion']
@entity303 :: (MESH:D003704,Disease) :: ['Dementia']
