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Emotion-focused care requested by hospital patients with dementia via advance care planning (2020)
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Background: This study responds to international pressures to improve hospital care for patients with dementia. Aim: To reach a concise overview of ways to improve the emotional wellbeing of patients with dementia when in hospital by exploring their... Read More about Emotion-focused care requested by hospital patients with dementia via advance care planning.

Re: Anticholinergic Drug Exposure and the Risk of Dementia: A Nested Case Control Study (2019)
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Changing prevalence and treatment of depression among older people over two decades (2019)
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Battles and breakthroughs: representations of dementia in the British press (2019)
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Media coverage of dementia can influence public and professional attitudes towards the syndrome, shaping societal knowledge of dementia and impacting how people with dementia are cared for. This paper reports on a study of news articles about dementi... Read More about Battles and breakthroughs: representations of dementia in the British press.

Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial assessing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the Journeying through Dementia (JtD) intervention compared to usual care (2019)
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Introduction: Services are being encouraged to provide postdiagnostic treatment to those with dementia but the availability of evidence-based interventions following diagnosis has not kept pace with increase in demand. To address this need, the Journ... Read More about Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial assessing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the Journeying through Dementia (JtD) intervention compared to usual care.

The characteristics and needs of older forensic psychiatric patients: a cross-sectional study in secure units within one UK regional service (2019)
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Although the number of older patients in forensic psychiatric settings is increasing, there is limited information around their sociodemographic characteristics, needs and cognitive abilities. This cross-sectional study focuses on patients aged ≥50 y... Read More about The characteristics and needs of older forensic psychiatric patients: a cross-sectional study in secure units within one UK regional service.

Dementia and hearing loss: A narrative review (2019)
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Dementia and hearing loss are highly prevalent in older people. Both these conditions together increase complexities in all aspects of an individual’s care and management plan. There has been increasing research interest about the relationship betwee... Read More about Dementia and hearing loss: A narrative review.

Anticholinergic Drug Exposure and the Risk of Dementia: A Nested Case-Control Study (2019)
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IMPORTANCE Anticholinergic medicines have short-term cognitive adverse effects, but it is uncertain whether long-term use of these drugs is associated with an increased risk of dementia. OBJECTIVE To assess associations between anticholinergic dr... Read More about Anticholinergic Drug Exposure and the Risk of Dementia: A Nested Case-Control Study.

Is loneliness associated with increased health and social care utilisation in the oldest old? Findings from a population-based longitudinal study (2019)
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© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Objectives The present study aimed to examine the impact of loneliness on health and social care service use... Read More about Is loneliness associated with increased health and social care utilisation in the oldest old? Findings from a population-based longitudinal study.

Importance of personal and professional experience for hospital staff in person-centred dementia care: a cross-sectional interview study using freelisting in a UK hospital ward (2019)
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© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. Objective To detail how hospital staff with differing personal and professional caregiving experiences approach the care of patients with dementia, in order to make practical r... Read More about Importance of personal and professional experience for hospital staff in person-centred dementia care: a cross-sectional interview study using freelisting in a UK hospital ward.

Role of comprehensive geriatric assessment in healthcare of older people in UK care homes: realist review (2019)
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Objectives Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) may be a way to deliver optimal care for care home residents. We used realist review to develop a theory-driven account of how CGA works in care homes. Design Realist review Setting Care ho... Read More about Role of comprehensive geriatric assessment in healthcare of older people in UK care homes: realist review.

A Taxonomy of Arts Interventions for People With Dementia (2019)
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Background and Objectives: The current evidence base for the arts and dementia has several limitations relating to the description, explanation, communication and simplification of arts interventions. Research addressing these challenges must be mult... Read More about A Taxonomy of Arts Interventions for People With Dementia.

Giving permission to care for people with dementia in residential homes: Learning from a realist synthesis of hearing-related communication (2019)
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Background: Managing hearing communication for residents living with hearing loss and dementia in long-term care settings is challenging. This paper explores how care can be effective in optimising hearing communication for residents living with deme... Read More about Giving permission to care for people with dementia in residential homes: Learning from a realist synthesis of hearing-related communication.

Stronger together: learning from an interdisciplinary dementia, arts and well-being network (DA&WN) (2019)
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There is increasing interest in the use of arts and creative activity to enhance dementia care (e.g. Beard, 2012; Cowl & Gaugler, 2014; Young, Camic & Tischler, 2016), and to bring together and support professionals and those who use services, see Cr... Read More about Stronger together: learning from an interdisciplinary dementia, arts and well-being network (DA&WN).

Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents: comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses (2019)
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Introduction: Care home residents are often unable to complete Health Related Quality of Life questionnaires for themselves because of prevalent cognitive impairment. This study compared care home resident and staff proxy responses for two measures,... Read More about Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents: comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses.

Ageing in forensic psychiatric secure settings: the views of members of staff (2018)
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Background: Although the prevalence of older patients in forensic psychiatric services is increasing, research around service provision for this population is very limited. We aimed to gather the views of members of staff on how well secure services... Read More about Ageing in forensic psychiatric secure settings: the views of members of staff.

Meeting the Emotional Needs of Hospital Patients With Dementia: A Freelisting Study With Ward Staff (2018)
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© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: People with dementia are vuln... Read More about Meeting the Emotional Needs of Hospital Patients With Dementia: A Freelisting Study With Ward Staff.

Amisulpride for very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis: the ATLAS three-arm RCT (2018)
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© Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO 2018. Background: Very late-onset (aged ≥60 years) schizophrenia-like psychosis (VLOSLP) occurs frequently but no placebo-controlled, randomised trials have assessed the efficacy or risks of antipsychotic trea... Read More about Amisulpride for very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis: the ATLAS three-arm RCT.

Managing employees with dementia: a systematic review (2018)
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Background: The experience of developing dementia while in employment has been explored from the point of view of the employee, but less is known about the perspectives, experiences and needs of employers. Aims: To review systematically literature... Read More about Managing employees with dementia: a systematic review.

Quality improvement collaborative aiming for Proactive HEAlthcare of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH): a realist evaluation protocol (2018)
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Introduction: This protocol describes a study of a Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) to support implementation and delivery of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) in UK care homes. The QIC will be formed of health and social care professio... Read More about Quality improvement collaborative aiming for Proactive HEAlthcare of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH): a realist evaluation protocol.