All Outputs (24)

CMHTs for older people: Team managers' views surveyed (2014)
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© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to identify features of community mental health teams (CMHTs) for older people valued by their managers, and those they would most like to change.Design/methodology/approach -... Read More about CMHTs for older people: Team managers' views surveyed.

South Asian older adults with memory impairment: Improving assessment and access to dementia care (2014)
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© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Objective With increasing international migration, mental health care of migrants and ethnic minorities is a public health priority. South Asian older adults experience difficulties in accessing services for memory i... Read More about South Asian older adults with memory impairment: Improving assessment and access to dementia care.

Depressive symptomatology in severe dementia in a European sample: prevalence, associated factors and prescription rate of antidepressants (2014)
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Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2014. Background: Depression is a common comorbid disorder of dementia. This study explores the prevalence of and factors associated with depressive symptomatology, and antidepressant prescription... Read More about Depressive symptomatology in severe dementia in a European sample: prevalence, associated factors and prescription rate of antidepressants.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of UK military veterans attending a psychological therapies service (2014)
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© 2014 The Authors. Aims and method To investigate the demographic and clinical characteristics of subgroups of UK veterans attending a dedicated psychological therapies service following the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) treatme... Read More about Demographic and clinical characteristics of UK military veterans attending a psychological therapies service.

Dementia care in European countries, from the perspective of people with dementia and their caregivers (2014)
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© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aim: To investigate persons with dementia and their informal caregivers' views of inter-sectoral information, communication and collaboration throughout the trajectory of dementia care, in eight European countries. Bac... Read More about Dementia care in European countries, from the perspective of people with dementia and their caregivers.

Change in quality of life of people with dementia recently admitted to long-term care facilities (2014)
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© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aim: To assess which factors are associated with change in quality of life of people with dementia who have recently been admitted to long-term care facilities. Background: Many people with dementia will be admitted to... Read More about Change in quality of life of people with dementia recently admitted to long-term care facilities.

Changes in caregiver burden and health-related quality of life of informal caregivers of older people with Dementia: evidence from the European RightTimePlaceCare prospective cohort study (2014)
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© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aims: To describe differences in caregiver burden and health-related quality of life of informal caregivers of people with dementia in eight European countries and assess changes after transition from home to instituti... Read More about Changes in caregiver burden and health-related quality of life of informal caregivers of older people with Dementia: evidence from the European RightTimePlaceCare prospective cohort study.

Social Workers as Members of Community Mental Health Teams for Older People: What Is the Added Value? (2014)
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© 2014 The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Association of Social Workers. All rights reserved. Social workers have worked with older people with mental ill health in multidisciplinary teams for many years. R... Read More about Social Workers as Members of Community Mental Health Teams for Older People: What Is the Added Value?.

Most appropriate placement for people with dementia: individual experts' vs. expert groups' decisions in eight European countries (2014)
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© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aims: To investigate the extent of variability in individuals' and multidisciplinary groups' decisions about the most appropriate setting in which to support people with dementia in different European countries. Backgr... Read More about Most appropriate placement for people with dementia: individual experts' vs. expert groups' decisions in eight European countries.

A revised interview for deterioration in daily living activities in dementia reveals the relationship between social activities and well-being (2014)
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© The Author(s) 2014. Background: The ability to perform instrumental activities of daily living deteriorates early in dementia and affects people with dementia and their carers. However, little is known about individual instrumental activities of da... Read More about A revised interview for deterioration in daily living activities in dementia reveals the relationship between social activities and well-being.

Self-Assessment and Personalization in Occupational Therapy Services: A Managerial Perspective on the Challenges and Opportunities of a Service Innovation (2014)
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© The College of Occupational Therapists Ltd. Introduction: This article examines the introduction of self-assessment in occupational therapy services, focusing on the impact of new tools and approaches on professional culture and practice. Method: Q... Read More about Self-Assessment and Personalization in Occupational Therapy Services: A Managerial Perspective on the Challenges and Opportunities of a Service Innovation.

The association between positive-negative reactions of informal caregivers of people with dementia and health outcomes in eight European countries: a cross-sectional study (2014)
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© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aim: To describe the associations between positive and negative reactions of informal caregivers of people with dementia and health outcomes across eight European Countries. Background: Caring for someone with dementia... Read More about The association between positive-negative reactions of informal caregivers of people with dementia and health outcomes in eight European countries: a cross-sectional study.

Community mental health teams for older people: Variations in case mix and service receipt (I) (2014)
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Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Objectives The study sought to identify the characteristics of community-dwelling older people supported by community mental health teams (CMHTs) in England and, in particular, to determine whether there is... Read More about Community mental health teams for older people: Variations in case mix and service receipt (I).

Community mental health teams for older people: Variations in case mix and service receipt (II) (2014)
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Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Objectives To determine the extent to which services provided to older people via community mental health teams (CMHTs) vary in duration, composition and intensity. In particular, to identify the degree to w... Read More about Community mental health teams for older people: Variations in case mix and service receipt (II).

Inter-professional perspectives of dementia services and care in England: Outcomes of a focus group study (2014)
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© The Author(s) 2014. Many people living with dementia are supported at home using a variety of health and social care services. This paper reports the findings from a focus group study undertaken with staff in community mental health teams to explor... Read More about Inter-professional perspectives of dementia services and care in England: Outcomes of a focus group study.

Associated Factors With Antipsychotic Use in Long-Term Institutional Care in Eight European Countries: Results From the RightTimePlaceCare Study (2014)
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© 2014 AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. Objectives: To determine factors associated with the antipsychotic (AP) prescription for people with dementia (PwD) recently admitted to institutional long-term care facilities (LT... Read More about Associated Factors With Antipsychotic Use in Long-Term Institutional Care in Eight European Countries: Results From the RightTimePlaceCare Study.

'They just throw you out': Release planning for older prisoners (2014)
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014. Older prisoners are the fastest growing incarcerated sub-group. They have more complex health and social care needs than both younger prisoners and their age-matched peers living in the community. Prisoner... Read More about 'They just throw you out': Release planning for older prisoners.

Older persons with dementia at risk for institutionalization in eight European countries: a cross-sectional study on the perceptions of informal caregivers and healthcare professionals (2014)
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© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aims: To explore the perceptions of informal caregivers and healthcare professionals regarding potential reasons for the institutionalization of older persons with dementia in eight European countries. Background: Heal... Read More about Older persons with dementia at risk for institutionalization in eight European countries: a cross-sectional study on the perceptions of informal caregivers and healthcare professionals.

Predicting institutional long-term care admission in dementia: A mixed-methods study of informal caregivers' reports (2014)
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© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aim: To investigate agreement between: (1) expected reasons and actual reasons for admission of people with dementia according to informal caregivers; (2) scores on measurement instruments prior to admission and the ac... Read More about Predicting institutional long-term care admission in dementia: A mixed-methods study of informal caregivers' reports.

Costs of care for people with dementia just before and after nursing home placement: primary data from eight European countries (2014)
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© 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Background: Dementia is the most common cause of functional decline among elderly people and is associated with high costs of national healthcare in European countries. With increasing functional and cogniti... Read More about Costs of care for people with dementia just before and after nursing home placement: primary data from eight European countries.