Journal of advanced nursing
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To investigate nurses' attitudes towards and accommodations of patients' expressions of religiosity and faith in dementia care. ⋯ Nurses and care workers were uncertain and lacked knowledge of the patients' expressions of religiosity and faith in terms of both their substance and their function. Nurses struggled with ambivalent feelings about patients' religious expressions and with unclear understanding of the significance of religiosity. These challenges compromised person-centred and holistic care on several occasions.