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Optimal NHS service delivery to care homes: a realist evaluation of the features and mechanisms that support effective working for the continuing care of older people in residential settings (2017)
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Goodman, C., Davies, S. L., Gordon, A. L., Dening, T., Gage, H., Meyer, J., …Zubair, M. (2017). Optimal NHS service delivery to care homes: a realist evaluation of the features and mechanisms that support effective working for the continuing care of older people in residential settings. Health Services and Delivery Research, 5(29), https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr05290

Background: Care homes are the institutional providers of long-term care for older people. The OPTIMAL study argued that it is probable that there are key activities within different models of health-care provision that are important for residents’ h... Read More about Optimal NHS service delivery to care homes: a realist evaluation of the features and mechanisms that support effective working for the continuing care of older people in residential settings.

Care staff and the creative arts: exploring the context of involving care personnel in arts interventions (2017)
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Broome, E., Dening, T., Schneider, J. M., & Brooker, D. (in press). Care staff and the creative arts: exploring the context of involving care personnel in arts interventions. International Psychogeriatrics, 29(12), https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610217001478

Methods: We examined the involvement of care staff in creative arts activities in residential care. Aspects of involvement which appear to influence outcomes in people with dementia were identified and analysed. A broad systematic literature sear... Read More about Care staff and the creative arts: exploring the context of involving care personnel in arts interventions.

Is late-life dependency increasing or not? A comparison of the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) (2017)
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Kingston, A., Wohland, P., Wittenberg, R., Robinson, L., Brayne, C., Matthews, F. E., …Weller, R. (2017). Is late-life dependency increasing or not? A comparison of the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS). Lancet, 390(10103), 1676-1684. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2817%2931575-1

Background Little is known about how the proportions of dependency states have changed between generational cohorts of older people. We aimed to estimate years lived in different dependency states at age 65 years in 1991 and 2011, and new projections... Read More about Is late-life dependency increasing or not? A comparison of the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS).

Assistive technologies to address capabilities of people with dementia: from research to practice (2017)
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Kenigsberg, P.-A., Aquino, J.-P., Bérard, A., Brémond, F., Charras, K., Dening, T., …Manera, V. (2019). Assistive technologies to address capabilities of people with dementia: from research to practice. Dementia, 18(4), 1568-1595. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301217714093

Assistive technologies (AT) became pervasive and virtually present in all our life domains. They can be either an enabler or an obstacle leading to social exclusion. The Fondation Médéric Alzheimer gathered international experts of dementia care, wit... Read More about Assistive technologies to address capabilities of people with dementia: from research to practice.

Feasibility of a staff training and support programme to improve pain assessment and management in people with dementia living in care homes (2017)
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Petyaeva, A., Kajander, M., Lawrence, V., Clifton, L., Thomas, A. J., Ballard, C., …Corbett, A. (2018). Feasibility of a staff training and support programme to improve pain assessment and management in people with dementia living in care homes. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 33(1), 221-231. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4727

Objectives: The objective of this study was to establish the feasibility and initial effectiveness of training and support intervention for care staff to improve pain management in people with dementia living in care homes (PAIN-Dem). Methods: PAIN-D... Read More about Feasibility of a staff training and support programme to improve pain assessment and management in people with dementia living in care homes.

Suffering with dementia: the other side of "living well" (2017)
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Bartlett, R., Windemuth-Wolfson, L., Oliver, K., & Dening, T. (2017). Suffering with dementia: the other side of "living well". International Psychogeriatrics, 29(2), https://doi.org/10.1017/S104161021600199X

In this editorial, we challenge the current understanding of “Living Well with Dementia.” Such discourse introduces the possibility of not living well with the condition or even of “living badly with dementia.” Numerous words might be relevant here –... Read More about Suffering with dementia: the other side of "living well".

Technologies to support community-dwelling persons with dementia: a position paper on issues regarding development, usability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, deployment, and ethics (2017)
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Meiland, F., Innes, A., Mountain, G., Robinson, L., Roest, H. V. D., García-Casal, J. A., …Franco-Martin, M. (2017). Technologies to support community-dwelling persons with dementia: a position paper on issues regarding development, usability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, deployment, and ethics. JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 4(1), Article e1. https://doi.org/10.2196/rehab.6376

Background: With the expected increase in the numbers of persons with dementia, providing timely, adequate, and affordable care and support is challenging. Assistive and health technologies may be a valuable contribution in dementia care, but new cha... Read More about Technologies to support community-dwelling persons with dementia: a position paper on issues regarding development, usability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, deployment, and ethics.

Preferences of informal carers on technology packages to support meal production by people living with dementia, elicited from personalised AT and ICT product brochures (2017)
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De Filippis, M. L., Craven, M. P., & Dening, T. (2017). Preferences of informal carers on technology packages to support meal production by people living with dementia, elicited from personalised AT and ICT product brochures. Informatics, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/informatics4010001

Assistive technology (AT) can help support the continued independence of people living with dementia, supported by informal carers. Opinions and preferences of informal carers towards a range of assistive and digital information and communication tec... Read More about Preferences of informal carers on technology packages to support meal production by people living with dementia, elicited from personalised AT and ICT product brochures.

Longitudinal course of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: systematic review (2016)
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van der Linde, R. M., Dening, T., Stephan, B. C., Prina, A. M., Evans, E., & Brayne, C. (2016). Longitudinal course of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: systematic review. British Journal of Psychiatry, 209(5), 366-377. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.148403

Background More information about the pattern of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) in the course of dementia is needed to inform patients and clinicians and to design future interventions. Aims To determine the persiste... Read More about Longitudinal course of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: systematic review.

"Here everyone is the same" - a qualitative evaluation of participating in a Boccia (indoor bowling) group: innovative practice (2016)
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Ovenden, I., Dening, T., & Beer, C. (in press). "Here everyone is the same" - a qualitative evaluation of participating in a Boccia (indoor bowling) group: innovative practice. Dementia, https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301216675988

This qualitative study explored the impact of a Boccia (modified indoor bowls) group on the lives of people with dementia and their carers. Semi-structured interviews with people with dementia (N=6), carers (N=10) and the group organisers (N=6) analy... Read More about "Here everyone is the same" - a qualitative evaluation of participating in a Boccia (indoor bowling) group: innovative practice.

Cost-effectiveness of donepezil and memantine in moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease (the DOMINO-AD trial) (2016)
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Knapp, M., King, D., Romeo, R., Adams, J., Baldwin, A., Ballard, C., …Howard, R. (2016). Cost-effectiveness of donepezil and memantine in moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease (the DOMINO-AD trial). International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 32(12), 1205-1216. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4583

© 2016 The Authors. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Objective: Most investigations of pharmacotherapy for treating Alzheimer's disease focus on patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms, with little e... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of donepezil and memantine in moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease (the DOMINO-AD trial).

Mementos from Boots multisensory boxes: qualitative evaluation of an intervention for people with dementia: innovative practice (2016)
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Griffiths, S., Dening, T., Beer, C., & Tischler, V. (2019). Mementos from Boots multisensory boxes: qualitative evaluation of an intervention for people with dementia: innovative practice. Dementia, 18(2), 793-801. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301216672495

This qualitative study explored a multisensory (including olfactory) intervention for people with dementia. Six themed boxes (e.g. Childhood) containing items chosen from the Boots archive designed to encourage conversation were used in weekly group... Read More about Mementos from Boots multisensory boxes: qualitative evaluation of an intervention for people with dementia: innovative practice.

Who lives where and does it matter? Changes in the health profiles of older people living in long term care and the community over two decades in a high income country (2016)
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Matthews, F. E., Bennett, H., Wittenberg, R., Jagger, C., Dening, T., & Brayne, C. (2016). Who lives where and does it matter? Changes in the health profiles of older people living in long term care and the community over two decades in a high income country. PLoS ONE, 11(9), Article e0161705. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161705

Background: There have been fundamental shifts in the attitude towards, access to and nature of long term care in high income countries. The proportion and profile of the older population living in such settings varies according to social, cultural,... Read More about Who lives where and does it matter? Changes in the health profiles of older people living in long term care and the community over two decades in a high income country.

Effective health care for older people living and dying in care homes: a realist review (2016)
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Goodman, C., Dening, T., Gordon, A. L., Davies, S. L., Meyer, J., Martin, F. C., …Zubair, M. (in press). Effective health care for older people living and dying in care homes: a realist review. BMC Health Services Research, 16(269), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1493-4

Background: Care home residents in England have variable access to health care services. There is currently no coherent policy or consensus about the best arrangements to meet these needs. The purpose of this review was to explore the evidence for ho... Read More about Effective health care for older people living and dying in care homes: a realist review.

Where is the happiness in dementia? (2016)
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Petty, S., Dening, T., Griffiths, A., & Coleston-Shields, D. M. (2016). Where is the happiness in dementia?. International Psychogeriatrics, 28(10), https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610216000879

Our current research aims to explore how the emotional experiences of individuals with dementia are understood, and to improve the design and delivery of care interventions. A preliminary, incidental, finding from our initial systematic literature se... Read More about Where is the happiness in dementia?.

Patterns and persistence of behavioural and psychological symptoms in those with cognitive impairment: the importance of apathy (2016)
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van der Linde, R. M., Matthews, F. E., Dening, T., & Brayne, C. (in press). Patterns and persistence of behavioural and psychological symptoms in those with cognitive impairment: the importance of apathy. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4464

Objective To study the stability and emergence of a range of behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPS), their association with mortality and the effect of covariates on these transitions in a population-based study of cognitively impaired older p... Read More about Patterns and persistence of behavioural and psychological symptoms in those with cognitive impairment: the importance of apathy.

Palliative care in dementia: does it work? (2016)
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Dening, T., & Dening, K. H. (2016). Palliative care in dementia: does it work?. Maturitas, 83, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.10.006

The topic of palliative care in dementia has attracted increasing interest in recent years. Entering palliative+care+dementia into PubMed yields only 10 papers before 1990, the first from 1982. In contrast, there have been 100 or so papers in each of... Read More about Palliative care in dementia: does it work?.

Medical treatment and management of patients with dementia (2015)
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Dening, T., & Babu Sandilyan, M. (2015). Medical treatment and management of patients with dementia. Nursing Standard, 29(45), 43-49. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.29.45.43.e9424

This article, the fifth in a series on dementia, discusses the principles of management and treatment of people with dementia. It describes how to proceed after a diagnosis of dementia has been made in the early stages of the condition, and general m... Read More about Medical treatment and management of patients with dementia.