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Systematic review: Effective home support in dementia care, components and impacts - Stage 2, effectiveness of home support interventions (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aim: The aim of this study was to explicate the outcomes of home support interventions for older people with dementia and/or their carers to inform clinical practice, policy and research. Background: Most people with de... Read More about Systematic review: Effective home support in dementia care, components and impacts - Stage 2, effectiveness of home support interventions.

Social care in prison: Emerging practice arrangements consequent upon the introduction of the 2014 care act (2017)
Journal Article

© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Association of Social Workers. All rights reserved. Despite an obvious and growing need, there has historically been scant provision of social care and social work in pr... Read More about Social care in prison: Emerging practice arrangements consequent upon the introduction of the 2014 care act.

What makes extra care housing an appropriate setting for people with dementia? An exploration of staff decision-making (2017)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2017. Extra care housing facilities in the UK are intended to offer a community-based alternative to care home placement. However, little is known about staff’s views of the appropriateness of extra care housing for people with dement... Read More about What makes extra care housing an appropriate setting for people with dementia? An exploration of staff decision-making.

Caring for a Person With Dementia on the Margins of Long-Term Care: A Perspective on Burden From 8 European Countries (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine Objectives To explore associations between carer burden and characteristics of (1) the informal carer, (2) the person with dementia, and (3) the care support network in 8 European c... Read More about Caring for a Person With Dementia on the Margins of Long-Term Care: A Perspective on Burden From 8 European Countries.

Core outcome measures for interventions to prevent or slow the progress of dementia for people living with mild to moderate dementia: Systematic review and consensus recommendations (2017)
Journal Article

Background There are no disease-modifying treatments for dementia. There is also no consensus on disease modifying outcomes. We aimed to produce the first evidence-based consensus on core outcome measures for trials of disease modification in mild-t... Read More about Core outcome measures for interventions to prevent or slow the progress of dementia for people living with mild to moderate dementia: Systematic review and consensus recommendations.

Provision and perceived quality of mental health services for older care home residents in England: a national survey (2017)
Journal Article

Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Objective: This study examined the nature, extent and perceived quality of the support provided by community mental health teams for older people (CMHTsOP) to care home residents. Methods: A postal survey wa... Read More about Provision and perceived quality of mental health services for older care home residents in England: a national survey.

Overview of systematic reviews: Effective home support in dementia care, components and impacts—Stage 1, psychosocial interventions for dementia (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aim: To synthesize evidence to identify the components of effective psychosocial interventions in dementia care to inform clinical practice, policy and research. Background: With population ageing, dementia represents... Read More about Overview of systematic reviews: Effective home support in dementia care, components and impacts—Stage 1, psychosocial interventions for dementia.

Informal and formal care: Substitutes or complements in care for people with dementia? Empirical evidence for 8 European countries (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Background In order to contain public health care spending, European countries attempt to promote informal caregiving. However, such a cost reducing strategy will only be successful if informal caregiving is a substitute for form... Read More about Informal and formal care: Substitutes or complements in care for people with dementia? Empirical evidence for 8 European countries.

Evaluating the effectiveness of different approaches to home support for people in later stage dementia: A protocol for an observational study (2017)
Journal Article

© International Psychogeriatric Association 2017. Background: Dementia is a major health problem with a growing number of people affected by the condition, both directly and indirectly through caring for someone with dementia. Many live at home but l... Read More about Evaluating the effectiveness of different approaches to home support for people in later stage dementia: A protocol for an observational study.

Support workers in community mental health teams for older people: roles, boundaries, supervision and training (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aims: The aim of this study was to explore the support worker functions in community mental health teams for older adults in relation to roles, boundaries, supervision and training. Background: Support workers in commun... Read More about Support workers in community mental health teams for older people: roles, boundaries, supervision and training.

Hierarchical Decline of the Initiative and Performance of Complex Activities of Daily Living in Dementia (2017)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2017. Objectives: While basic activities of daily living hierarchically decline in dementia, little is known about the decline of individual instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). The objective of this study was to assess in... Read More about Hierarchical Decline of the Initiative and Performance of Complex Activities of Daily Living in Dementia.