Exploring the complexities of symptom recognition and management in older people with dementia and multimorbidity

• DOI: 10.7748/nop.2025.e1504
• Publication Date: 2025-03-26T07:10:29Z
• Authors: Kay de Vries; Amy Pepper; Karen Harrison De...
• Keywords: Multimorbidity

Many older people living with dementia experience multimorbidity, which has been described as the presence of two or more long-term conditions, such congestive heart failure, type 2 diabetes stroke. Each these conditions can cause a wide range symptoms and almost all involve pain. Older may also sensory impairments, hearing vision loss, in those lead to similar behavioural psychological dementia. In addition, challenges expressive receptive communication. All factors make it challenging for nurses effectively identify manage related This article provides an overview multimorbidity dementia, using pain example symptom associated multiple illustrate complexities recognition management this population. The authors consider how communication issues, impairment diagnostic overshadowing add management, outline some implications nursing practice.