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How do I start working in a Dementia/Alzheimer's ward?

Sour Lemon

5,016 Posts

Has 13 years experience.

Just put your right foot in, take your right foot out, put your right foot in, then you shake it all about.

vanilla bean

861 Posts

Step 1. Look for job openings in your area

Step 2. Apply for job.

Am I missing something here?

Davey Do

1 Article; 10,253 Posts

Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years). Has 44 years experience.
Am I missing something here?

If it's your memory, vanilla bean, perhaps you could benefit from a script of an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.

(They use those a lot on Dementia/Alzheimer's wards.)

Sorry, Blakleywest. Welcome to AN.com.

There are Memory Care Units in conjunction with Geriatric Psych Units in some Hospitals. Anomaly Memorial Hospital, in my hometown, has one.

Specializes in LTC and Pediatrics. Has 3 years experience.

Some LTC facilities may also have Alzheimer units

purplegal

432 Posts

Pretty easy. Surely there are some nursing homes you can apply to. The jobs are easy to obtain, they pretty much hire anyone.

Specializes in ED, psych. Has 6 years experience.
Pretty easy. Surely there are some nursing homes you can apply to. The jobs are easy to obtain, they pretty much hire anyone.

Purplegal, tread lightly here.

OP - like Davey said, there are Geri-psych units where there are dementia wings as well. My hospital used to have this; they did get rid of it last year because it wasn't a money maker for the hospital, but they certainly exist.