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Relationships, expertise, incentives, and governance: supporting care home residents' access to health care: an interview study from England (2015)
Journal Article
Goodman, C., Davies, S. L., Gordon, A. L., Meyer, J., Dening, T., Gladman, J. R., …Martin, F. C. (2015). Relationships, expertise, incentives, and governance: supporting care home residents' access to health care: an interview study from England. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 16(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2015.01.072

Objectives To explore what commissioners of care, regulators, providers, and care home residents in England identify as the key mechanisms or components of different service delivery models that support the provision of National Health Service (NHS)... Read More about Relationships, expertise, incentives, and governance: supporting care home residents' access to health care: an interview study from England.

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.

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)
Journal Article
Van Der Linde, R. M., Dening, T., Matthews, F. E., & Brayne, C. (2014). Grouping of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 29(6), 562-568. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4037

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.

Quality of life tools to inform co-design in the development of assistive technologies for people with dementia and their carer (2014)
Journal Article
Craven, M. P., De Filippis, M. L., & Dening, T. (2014). Quality of life tools to inform co-design in the development of assistive technologies for people with dementia and their carer. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 8868, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13105-4_57

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)
Journal Article
De Filippis, M. L., Craven, M. P., & Dening, T. (2014). Informal carer role in the personalization of assistive solutions connected to aspirations of people with dementia. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 8868, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13105-4_35

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.

Depression and mood changes (2007)
Book Chapter
Cullum, S., Tucker, S., & Dening, T. R. (2007). Depression and mood changes. In M. Rees, & L. Keith (Eds.), Medical Problems in Women over 70: When Normative Treatment Plans do not Apply (77-92). Taylor & Francis

Depression is the most common mental health problem experienced by older women. Although everyone may feel sad or lonely at times, depressive illness in later life is qualitatively and quantitatively different. True depression is a serious and disabl... Read More about Depression and mood changes.

The role of carers in evaluating mental health services for older people (1998)
Journal Article
Dening, T., & Lawton, C. (1998). The role of carers in evaluating mental health services for older people. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13(12), 863-870. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28SICI%291099-1166%281998120%2913%3A12%3C863%3A%3AAID-GPS885%3E3.0.CO%3B2-L

Objectives. To examine, using the published literature and local service experience, the contributions that carers can make to the development and evaluation of specialist mental health services for the elderly. Methods. MEDLINE search for relevant p... Read More about The role of carers in evaluating mental health services for older people.

The Hachinski Ischaemic Score: A reevaluation (1992)
Journal Article
Dening, T. R., & Berrios, G. E. (1992). The Hachinski Ischaemic Score: A reevaluation. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 7(8), 585-589. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.930070808

The Hachinski Ischaemic Score (HIS) was first introduced in 1975 as a clinical scale intended to differentiate cases of dementia resulting from multiple strokes (multi‐infarct dementia) from those with primary degenerative dementias. Its conceptual b... Read More about The Hachinski Ischaemic Score: A reevaluation.