All Outputs (49)

AQUEDUCT Intervention for Crisis Team Quality and Effectiveness in Dementia: Protocol for a Feasibility Study (2020)
Journal Article
Broome, E. E., Coleston-Shields, D. M., Dening, T., Moniz-Cook, E., Poland, F., Stanyon, M., & Orrell, M. (2020). AQUEDUCT Intervention for Crisis Team Quality and Effectiveness in Dementia: Protocol for a Feasibility Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 9(10), Article e18971. https://doi.org/10.2196/18971

Background: Specialist community teams often support people with dementia who experience crisis. These teams may vary in composition and models of practice, which presents challenges when evaluating their effectiveness. A best practice model for deme... Read More about AQUEDUCT Intervention for Crisis Team Quality and Effectiveness in Dementia: Protocol for a Feasibility Study.

Developing a model of best practice for teams managing crisis in people with dementia: a consensus approach (2020)
Journal Article
Yates, J., Stanyon, M., Challis, D., Coleston-Shields, D. M., Dening, T., Hoe, J., …Orrell, M. (2020). Developing a model of best practice for teams managing crisis in people with dementia: a consensus approach. BMC Psychiatry, 20(1), Article 505. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02899-0

© 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.

Developing a model of best practice for teams managing crisis in people with dementia: A consensus approach (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Yates, J., Stanyon, M., Challis, D., Coleston-Shields, D. M., Dening, T., Hoe, J., …Orrell, M. Developing a model of best practice for teams managing crisis in people with dementia: A consensus approach

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.

Involving the person with dementia in crisis planning: Focus groups with crisis intervention teams (2020)
Journal Article
Bosco, A., Schneider, J., Di Lorito, C., Broome, E., Coleston-Shields, D. M., & Orrell, M. (2020). Involving the person with dementia in crisis planning: Focus groups with crisis intervention teams. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(15), Article 5412. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155412

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Dementia leads to progressive critical situations that can escalate to a crisis episode if not adequately managed. A crisis may also resolve spontaneously, or not resolve after receiving profe... Read More about Involving the person with dementia in crisis planning: Focus groups with crisis intervention teams.

Field-testing an iCST touch-screen application with people with dementia and carers: a mixed method study (2020)
Journal Article
Rai, H. K., Griffiths, R., Yates, L., Schneider, J., & Orrell, M. (2021). Field-testing an iCST touch-screen application with people with dementia and carers: a mixed method study. Aging and Mental Health, 25(6), 1008-1018. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1783515

Objectives: To test the individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST) application with people with dementia and carers in order to modify and refine the application, and improve its usability. In an iterative development process, two different prot... Read More about Field-testing an iCST touch-screen application with people with dementia and carers: a mixed method study.

Maintaining Social Connections in Dementia: A Qualitative Synthesis (2019)
Journal Article
Birt, L., Griffiths, R., Charlesworth, G., Higgs, P., Orrell, M., Leung, P., & Poland, F. (2019). Maintaining Social Connections in Dementia: A Qualitative Synthesis. Qualitative Health Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732319874782

The clinical symptoms of dementia include difficulty with speech, poor short-term memory, and changes in behavior. These symptoms can affect how the person with dementia understands and performs in social interactions. This qualitative review investi... Read More about Maintaining Social Connections in Dementia: A Qualitative Synthesis.

Music Interventions for Dementia and Depression in ELderly care (MIDDEL): protocol and statistical analysis plan for a multinational cluster-randomised trial (2019)
Journal Article
Gold, C., Eickholt, J., Assmus, J., Stige, B., Wake, J. D., Baker, F. A., …Geretsegger, M. (2019). Music Interventions for Dementia and Depression in ELderly care (MIDDEL): protocol and statistical analysis plan for a multinational cluster-randomised trial. BMJ Open, 9(3), Article e023436. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023436

Introduction In older adults, dementia and depression are associated with individual distress and high societal costs. Music interventions such as group music therapy (GMT) and recreational choir singing (RCS) have shown promising effects, but their... Read More about Music Interventions for Dementia and Depression in ELderly care (MIDDEL): protocol and statistical analysis plan for a multinational cluster-randomised trial.

Using Meta-Ethnography to Synthesize Relevant Studies: Capturing the Bigger Picture in Dementia With Challenging Behavior Within Families (2018)
Book
Feast, A., Orrell, M., Charlesworth, G., Poland, F., Featherstone, K., Melunsky, N., & Moniz-Cook, E. (2018). Using Meta-Ethnography to Synthesize Relevant Studies: Capturing the Bigger Picture in Dementia With Challenging Behavior Within Families. SAGE Publications Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526444899

In understanding the range and depth of people’s experiences, it is important to include the wide range of approaches which capture the richness within a given knowledge base. However, systematic reviews using quantitative data alone risk missing fin... Read More about Using Meta-Ethnography to Synthesize Relevant Studies: Capturing the Bigger Picture in Dementia With Challenging Behavior Within Families.

Agency in dementia care: systematic review and meta-ethnography (2018)
Journal Article
Bosco, A., Schneider, J., Coleston-Shields, D. M., Jawahar, K., Higgs, P., & Orrell, M. (2019). Agency in dementia care: systematic review and meta-ethnography. International Psychogeriatrics, 31(5), 627-642. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1041610218001801

Objectives:

Dementia often limits the agency of the person to such an extent that there is need for external support in making daily life decisions. This support is usually provided by family members who are sometimes legally empowered to engage i... Read More about Agency in dementia care: systematic review and meta-ethnography.

Cognitive aids for people with early stage dementia versus treatment as usual (Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT)): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2018)
Journal Article
Chester, H., Clarkson, P., Davies, L., Hughes, J., Islam, M. S., Kapur, N., …Challis, D. (2018). Cognitive aids for people with early stage dementia versus treatment as usual (Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT)): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 19(1), Article 546. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2933-8

Background: There is a growing need for an evidence-based approach to home support for people with dementia and their carers following diagnosis but research on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different approaches is sparse. The Dementia... Read More about Cognitive aids for people with early stage dementia versus treatment as usual (Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT)): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Walking speed, cognitive function and dementia risk in the English Longitudinal Study (2018)
Journal Article
Hackett, R. A., Davies, H., Cadar, D., Orrell, M., & Steptoe, A. (2018). Walking speed, cognitive function and dementia risk in the English Longitudinal Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 66(9), 1670-1675. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15312

Background: Physical and cognitive function decline with age. Slow walking speed has been associated with negative health outcomes and dementia is often preceded by cognitive decline. This study investigated walking speed, cognitive function and the... Read More about Walking speed, cognitive function and dementia risk in the English Longitudinal Study.

Impact of person-centered care training and person-centered activities on quality of life, agitation and antipsychotic use in people with dementia living in nursing homes: a cluster-randomized controlled trial of the WHELD intervention (2018)
Journal Article
Ballard, C., Corbett, A., Orrell, M., Williams, G., Moniz-Cook, E., Romeo, R., …Fossey, J. (2018). Impact of person-centered care training and person-centered activities on quality of life, agitation and antipsychotic use in people with dementia living in nursing homes: a cluster-randomized controlled trial of the WHELD intervention. PLoS Medicine, 15(2), Article e1002500. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002500

Background: Agitation is a common, distressing and challenging symptom affecting large numbers of people with dementia and impacting significantly on quality of life (QoL). There is an urgent need for evidence-based, cost-effective psychosocial inter... Read More about Impact of person-centered care training and person-centered activities on quality of life, agitation and antipsychotic use in people with dementia living in nursing homes: a cluster-randomized controlled trial of the WHELD intervention.

Psychosocial interventions for people with dementia: a synthesis of systematic reviews (2018)
Journal Article
McDermott, O., Charlesworth, G., Hogervorst, E., Stoner, C., Moniz-Cook, E., Spector, A., …Orrell, M. (2019). Psychosocial interventions for people with dementia: a synthesis of systematic reviews. Aging and Mental Health, 23(4), 393-403. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2017.1423031

© 2018, © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Objectives: Over the last 10years there has been a multitude of studies of psychosocial interventions for people with dementia. However, clinical serv... Read More about Psychosocial interventions for people with dementia: a synthesis of systematic reviews.

Physical activity pre- and post-dementia: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2017)
Journal Article
Soni, M., Orrell, M., Bandelow, S., Steptoe, A., Rafnsson, S., d'Orsi, E., …Hogervorst, E. (in press). Physical activity pre- and post-dementia: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Aging and Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2017.1390731

Background: To inform public health interventions, further investigation is needed to identify: (1) frequency/intensity of everyday physical activity (PA) needed to reduce dementia risk; (2) whether post-diagnosis reduction in PA is associated with c... Read More about Physical activity pre- and post-dementia: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

The impact of individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST) on cognition, quality of life, caregiver health, and family relationships in dementia: a randomized controlled trial (2017)
Journal Article
Orrell, M., Yates, L., Leung, P., Kang, S., Hoare, Z., Whitaker, C., …Orgeta, V. (2017). The impact of individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST) on cognition, quality of life, caregiver health, and family relationships in dementia: a randomized controlled trial. PLoS Medicine, 14(3), Article e1002269. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002269

Background: Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) is a well-established group psychosocial intervention for people with dementia. There is evidence that homebased programmes of cognitive stimulation delivered by family caregivers may benefit both the p... Read More about The impact of individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST) on cognition, quality of life, caregiver health, and family relationships in dementia: a randomized controlled trial.

Improving the care of people with dementia in general hospitals: evaluation of a whole-system train the trainer model (2016)
Journal Article
Sampson, E. L., Vickerstaff, V., Lietz, S., & Orrell, M. (in press). Improving the care of people with dementia in general hospitals: evaluation of a whole-system train the trainer model. International Psychogeriatrics, 29(4), https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610216002222

Background: There are concerns about the quality of care that people with dementia receive in the general hospital. Staff report a lack of confidence and inadequate training in dementia care.
Methods: A train-the-trainer model was implemented across... Read More about Improving the care of people with dementia in general hospitals: evaluation of a whole-system train the trainer model.

Causes of nursing home placement for older people with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Toot, S., Swinson, T., Devine, M., Challis, D., & Orrell, M. (in press). Causes of nursing home placement for older people with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Psychogeriatrics, 29(2), https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610216001654

Background: Up to half of people with dementia in high income countries live in nursing homes and more than two-thirds of care home residents have dementia. Fewer than half of these residents report good quality of life and most older people are anxi... Read More about Causes of nursing home placement for older people with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Peer support and reminiscence therapy for people with dementia and their family carers: a factorial pragmatic randomised trial (2016)
Journal Article
Charlesworth, G., Burnell, K., Crellin, N., Hoare, Z., Hoe, J., Knapp, M., …Orrell, M. (in press). Peer support and reminiscence therapy for people with dementia and their family carers: a factorial pragmatic randomised trial. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 87, https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2016-313736

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate peer support and reminiscence therapy, separately and together, in comparison with usual care for people with dementia and their family carers.
Design: Factorial pragmatic randomised trial, anal... Read More about Peer support and reminiscence therapy for people with dementia and their family carers: a factorial pragmatic randomised trial.

Apathy and Its Response to Antipsychotic Review and Nonpharmacological Interventions in People With Dementia Living in Nursing Homes: WHELD, a Factorial Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (2016)
Journal Article
Rajkumar, A. P., Ballard, C., Fossey, J., Corbett, A., Woods, B., Orrell, M., …Testad, I. (2016). Apathy and Its Response to Antipsychotic Review and Nonpharmacological Interventions in People With Dementia Living in Nursing Homes: WHELD, a Factorial Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 17(8), 741-747. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2016.04.006

Objectives
Apathy is common, impactful, and difficult to manage in people with dementia. We evaluated the efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions, exercise, and social interaction, in combination with antipsychotic review, to reduce apathy in p... Read More about Apathy and Its Response to Antipsychotic Review and Nonpharmacological Interventions in People With Dementia Living in Nursing Homes: WHELD, a Factorial Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

Community occupational therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID] programme): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2016)
Journal Article
Wenborn, J., Hynes, S., Moniz-Cook, E., Mountain, G., Poland, F., King, M., …Orrell, M. (2016). Community occupational therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID] programme): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 17(1), Article 65. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-1150-y

© 2016 Wenborn et al. Background: A community-based occupational therapy intervention for people with mild to moderate dementia and their family carers (Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia (COTiD)) was found clinically and cost effective in th... Read More about Community occupational therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID] programme): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.