Disruptive or agitated behaviors in residents with dementia pose significant care challenges for everyone in long-term care settings. These behaviors can frighten other residents and put residents and staff alike at risk of physical harm. They may trigger fear, anger and guilt in staff, and they may reduce quality of life for all concerned.
Dog watch, in marine or naval terminology, is a watch, a period of work duty or a work shift, between 16:00 and 20:00 (4 pm and 8 pm). This period is split into two, with the 'first' dog watch from 16:00 to 18:00 (4 pm to 6 pm) and the 'last' dog watch from 18:00 to 20:00 (6 pm to 8 pm). Each of these watches is half the length of a standard watch.
M Philippe added a knurled knob attached to a rod (or stem), which was permanently connected to the spring mechanism, making it much easier to wind. Hence stem-winding watch or stem-winder (this was the US name: in Britain it was called a keyless watch). The idea of winding a watch at all now seems odd to most people, accustomed as we are to possess one with a battery or other energy-providing mechanism that doesnât require us to think about it from month to month.