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Football and dementia: A qualitative investigation of a community based sports group for men with early onset dementia (2014)
Journal Article
Carone, L., Tischler, V., & Dening, T. (2016). Football and dementia: A qualitative investigation of a community based sports group for men with early onset dementia. Dementia, 15(6), https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301214560239

This study investigates the impact of a weekly group providing sport and physical activities for men with early onset dementia established by Notts County Football in the Community (NCFC). There were three aims: investigate the effect of early onset... Read More about Football and dementia: A qualitative investigation of a community based sports group for men with early onset dementia.

Detecting alcohol problems in older adults: can we do better? (2014)
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The Optimal Study: describing the key components of optimal health care delivery to UK care home residents: a research protocol (2014)
Journal Article
Gordon, A. L., Goodman, C., Dening, T., Davies, S., Gladman, J. R., Bell, B. G., …Victor, C. (2014). The Optimal Study: describing the key components of optimal health care delivery to UK care home residents: a research protocol. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 15(9), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2014.06.011

Long term institutional care in the UK is provided by care homes. Residents have prevalent cognitive impairment and disability, have multiple diagnoses and are subject to polypharmacy. Prevailing models of healthcare provision - ad hoc, reactive and... Read More about The Optimal Study: describing the key components of optimal health care delivery to UK care home residents: a research protocol.

Grouping of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (2014)
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Objective A wide range of behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPSD) are common in dementia, and it has been suggested that groups of correlated symptoms should be studied together. Here, we describe the groups of BPSD that have been identified in... Read More about Grouping of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.

Improving access to psychological therapies and older people: Findings from the Eastern Region (2014)
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Quality of life tools to inform co-design in the development of assistive technologies for people with dementia and their carer (2014)
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A number of tools exist to measure quality of life (QoL) for people with dementia (PwD). A selection of existing measures are summarised, obtained from an online literature survey, comprising of scales administered either by healthcare professionals... Read More about Quality of life tools to inform co-design in the development of assistive technologies for people with dementia and their carer.

Informal carer role in the personalization of assistive solutions connected to aspirations of people with dementia (2014)
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The increase in the elderly population over the last thirty years with consequent increase in the number of people living with dementia (PwD) has resulted in a research focus on improving quality-of-life and well-being beyond basic needs, to address... Read More about Informal carer role in the personalization of assistive solutions connected to aspirations of people with dementia.