Carer-driven dementia education for professionals. (cover story)CarersDementiaNurse-patientrelationsThe pilot project described here took the form of action research, focusing on dementia awareness education for nurses on acute wards and in accident and emergency departments. An essential feature of the ...
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AIM: It is unclear whether carer-held records (CHR) are useful for patients with dementia. In this study, we evaluated the usefulness of the CHR for patients with dementia at the municipal level. METHODS: Candidates for CHR use in this study were informal caregivers of patients with dementia...
23% of staff in the health assessement wards feel there are fewer patients with BPSD in their ward since opening of the Cathkinview ward.Conclusion: Cathkinview ward seems to be a suitable and well liked environment for managing patients with dementia based on staff/carer perception. Patient'...
1999. Use of community and long-term care by people with dementia in the UK: A review of some issues in service provision and carer and user preferences. Aging and Mental Health 3: 311-19Moriarty J. 1999. Use of community and long-term care by people with dementia in the UK: a ...
The resident who did not die in the preferred place of care had been admitted to hospital for an appropriate reason.Conclusion: This service has improved care home staff knowledge about delirium, has helped care home residents with dementia have an alternative to hospital admission and greatly ...
In the absence of such knowledge a comprehensive and responsive assessment is unlikely to be achieved.•This paper describes the development of a carer-led assessment process (CLASP) which it is suggested provides a flexible framework for the assessment of need in carers of dementia sufferers. ...
Psychosocial factors that shape patient and carer experiences of dementia diagnosis and treatment: a systematic review of qualitative studies. PLoS Med 2012;9:e1001331.Bunn F, Goodman C, Sworn K, Rait G, Brayne C, Robinson L, McNeilly E, Iliffe S: Psychosocial factors that shape patient ...