| Nurses specialized in chronic heart failure |
| We should include “maintenance of bed-resting and prevention of interruption” in the specific nursing aids. |
| We must consider what to focus on not only for dementia but also for the level of cardiac functions. |
| We should include Metabolic equivalents (METs) as an indicator of heart failure nursing protocols for activity. |
| We should include in the nursing protocol appropriate activity level with METs for demented patients. |
| Activity assessment varies among nurses; We should include activities in the nursing protocol. |
| Nurses specialized in dementia care |
| Therapeutic meal is provided from the first day of hospitalization; If the patient does not eat, enteral feeding is performed. If the patient is under BiPAP (Bilevel positive airway pressure) therapy, the tube is removed during a meal. |