Nursing care of the resident with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

This article encompasses care of the resident and family and dealing with the staff's concerns regarding this rare, infectious dementia. Comparison is made between Alzheimer's disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the symptoms and causative agent, precautions that need to be followed, nursing care and medications used in maintaining the resident's comfort, and the maximum quality of life possible during the course of this terminal disease.