Background: Dementia is a disease that is increasing among the population. It is an incurable disease that affects memory, cognitive function, communication and everyday activities. The treatment is mainly focused on care - as the available medicine only acts to reduce symptoms of the disease. The disease is associated with behaviors like unease, agitation and aggression. A way to meet the increased care-needs of a person with dementia is to apply person centered care. It is a form of care that focuses on the individual and their needs.

Aim: The aim of this study was to illuminate nurse's experiences of applying person centered care to persons living with dementia.

Method: A qualitative literature-based study. Twelve articles were selected and analyzed. Results: The results show that the nurses' felt that the relationship with the person with dementia is important in order to be able to carry out person-centered care. This relationship is created by learning about the person and their background and current needs. The results show that the nurses' experiences of person-centered care was that attitudes created a basis for giving appropriate care. These experiences also showed the possibilities to handle questions of an existential nature. Furthermore, the nurses found that the physical environment had a great impact on their ability to interact with the person and to meet the persons' challenging behaviors in a satisfactory way. They also found that their knowledge of the person greatly improved which led to the soothing of the persons suffering. The nurses' experiences show that the person-centered care-method requires specific circumstances. 

Conclusion: This study provides a crucial insight into the experiences of nurses when applying person-centered care on persons living with dementia. The nurses play a key role in soothing unease and limiting the amount of suffering a person has to endure whilst they are in a new and unfamiliar environment. There is a definite lack of knowledge among the nurses in how to communicate efficiently with a person living with dementia

Background: Late- life depression is a major issue worldwide that leads to suffering for the patient. Elderly people with depression often show different symptoms than younger people with depression, which is one of the reasons why late-life depression is hard to recognize. In order for the healthcare professionals to identify and give adequate care to elderly people with depression they need to exert a person-centered care and be aware of how to care for patients with late-life depression.

Aim: The aim of this study was to illuminate healthcare professionals' experience of caring for elderly people with depression.

Method: A literature review based on the content of eight qualitative studies and two quantitative studies.Results: The findings revealed three main themes; to pay attention to depression, to ease depression and to challenge depression. The results revealed a negative attitude against older people with depression and a lack of knowledge about late-life depression. There was also a lack of time which made it hard for the healthcare professionals to give adequate care for the patient. The results also revealed some positive aspects; some professionals felt confident and comfortable in both identifying and caring for late-life depression.

Conclusion: In order to treat late-life depression and give adequate care for the patient, healthcare professionals need to have more knowledge about the disease and about the interventions that needs to be done. To gain this knowledge, they need to take part in training programs.