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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.

A synthesis of the evidence on peer-research with potentially vulnerable adults: how this relates to dementia (2016)
Journal Article
Di Lorito, C., Birt, L., Poland, F., Csipke, E., Gove, D., Diaz-Ponce, A., & Orrell, M. (2017). A synthesis of the evidence on peer-research with potentially vulnerable adults: how this relates to dementia. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 31(1), 58-67. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4577

Background. There is limited literature around peer-research in dementia. This study aims to identify the benefits, the risks and the practical challenges and to develop a model of good-practice in peer-research with people with dementia. Methods.... Read More about A synthesis of the evidence on peer-research with potentially vulnerable adults: how this relates to dementia.

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.