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The Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) intervention: A goal attainment scaling approach to promote self-management (2020)
Journal Article

OBJECTIVES: This study investigated goals identified by people with dementia and their carers to promote the self-management of symptoms and abilities; measured achievement using goal attainment scaling (GAS); and explored the reflections of Dementia... Read More about The Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) intervention: A goal attainment scaling approach to promote self-management.

Resource allocation decision-making in dementia care with and without budget constraints: a qualitative analysis (2020)
Journal Article

Introduction: Health systems in many different countries have increasingly been reorienting the delivery of dementia care to home and community care settings. This paper provides information on how health and social care professionals (HSCPs) in Irel... Read More about Resource allocation decision-making in dementia care with and without budget constraints: a qualitative analysis.

Development and preliminary testing of a framework for quantifying local service provision for people with dementia (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: It was hypothesised that there were variations in health and social care services available for older people with dementia and their carers, and that measurement of this between localities was possible. Th... Read More about Development and preliminary testing of a framework for quantifying local service provision for people with dementia.

Emergency department and hospital admissions among people with dementia living at home or in nursing homes: results of the European RightTimePlaceCare project on their frequency, associated factors and costs (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020, The Author(s). Background: Evidence is lacking on the differences between hospitalisation of people with dementia living in nursing homes and those living in the community. The objectives of this study were: 1) to describe the frequency of ho... Read More about Emergency department and hospital admissions among people with dementia living at home or in nursing homes: results of the European RightTimePlaceCare project on their frequency, associated factors and costs.

Developing a model of best practice for teams managing crisis in people with dementia: a consensus approach (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020, The Author(s). Background: Teams delivering crisis resolution services for people with dementia and their carers provide short-term interventions to prevent admission to acute care settings. There is great variation in these services across t... Read More about Developing a model of best practice for teams managing crisis in people with dementia: a consensus approach.

Resource allocation decision-making in dementia care with and without budget constraints: a qualitative analysis (2020)
Journal Article

Introduction: Health systems in many different countries have increasingly been reorienting the delivery of dementia care to home and community care settings. This paper provides information on how health and social care professionals (HSCPs) in Irel... Read More about Resource allocation decision-making in dementia care with and without budget constraints: a qualitative analysis.

Developing a model of best practice for teams managing crisis in people with dementia: A consensus approach (2020)
Working Paper

Background: Teams delivering crisis resolution services for people with dementia and their carers provide short-term interventions to prevent admission to acute care settings. There is great variation in these services across the UK. This article rep... Read More about Developing a model of best practice for teams managing crisis in people with dementia: A consensus approach.

Complex care needs and devolution in Greater Manchester: A pilot study to explore social care innovation in newly integrated service arrangements for older people (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 AHHA. Objective: The aim of this study was to describe emergent approaches to integrated care for older people with complex care needs and investigate the viability of measuring integrated care. Methods: A case study approach was used. Sites w... Read More about Complex care needs and devolution in Greater Manchester: A pilot study to explore social care innovation in newly integrated service arrangements for older people.

Dementia and mild cognitive impairment in prisoners aged over 50 years in England and Wales: a mixed-methods study (2020)
Journal Article

Objectives The objectives were to establish the prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in prisoners in England and Wales and their health and social care needs; validate the six-item cognitive impairment test for routine use in prisons... Read More about Dementia and mild cognitive impairment in prisoners aged over 50 years in England and Wales: a mixed-methods study.

The Barts Explanatory Model Inventory for Dementia: An item reduction approach based on responses from South Asian communities (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Background: Cultural differences in how the symptoms, causes, consequences, and treatments of dementia are understood and interpreted by South Asian people are a commonly expressed reason for late- or nonuse of mental h... Read More about The Barts Explanatory Model Inventory for Dementia: An item reduction approach based on responses from South Asian communities.