This paper explores the impact that early-stage dementia has on everyday activities from the perspective of people living with dementia, their supporters and occupational therapy practitioners. Open access article - no login required.
This study investigates the experiences of 18 caregivers of people with dementia in Black Caribbean, Black African, and South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi) communities in England. Open access article - no login required.
Appropriate nutrition represents a potential strategy to mitigate dementia risk and could be recommended by clinicians as part of mid-life health checks and other health initiatives to reduce dementia prevalence. The purpose of this review is to provide a clinician-focused update on the current state of the knowledge on nutrition and dementia prevention.
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This meta-ethnographic review explains how people with early-onset dementia form their sense of identity. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study tested whether individuals who are most likely to need enhanced care later in the disease course can be identified at the point of diagnosis. Open access article - no login required.
Remote monitoring technologies show potential to help health professionals deliver preventative interventions which can avoid hospital admissions and allow patients to remain in a home setting.
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Using a case study approach, the authors describe the support available, spanning health and social care and third sector organisations. They discuss how this support can enable people with dementia and their carers to maintain wellbeing and cope with the impact of dementia.
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Hospital patients with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are vulnerable to a range of adverse outcomes. Hospital-based Special Care Units (SCUs) are secure dementia-enabling environments providing specialised gerontological care. Due to a scarcity of research, their value remains unconfirmed.
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This is an important study that contributes to the evidence-base for a higher incidence rate of dementia among women compared to men, and a pooled higher risk of dementia among women. Other research has attributed increased levels of dementia among post-menopausal women to a potential detrimental neurological effect of lack of oestrogens (Rahman et al, 2020), while androgens are purported to have neuroprotective effects (Cai et al, 2020). However, the inconsistency of effect estimates seen by Gong et al. (2022) across cohorts suggests that, if a difference in dementia risk between men and women truly exists, this may not be fully explained by hormonal or biological factors.
This study explored the participant and caregiver experiences of CS-ADL (Cognitive Stimulation in Activities of Daily Living), an activities of daily living-focused group cognitive stimulation program for individuals with mild-to-moderate dementia. Open access article - no login required
This research examines how close family members consider themselves to contribute to the activities, routines and occupational identity of their elderly relatives with dementia who reside in long-term residential care, and the factors that support or challenge their involvement. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
When investigating health conditions as risk factors for dementia, it is necessary to consider how multiple health conditions cluster and whether the risk of dementia varies between different clusters. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
To explore nurses' experiences of providing support to South Asian (SA) people with dementia and their family carers and to identify barriers and enablers of good transcultural care.
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To explore the moral dimension of family experiences with being involved in the care of their loved one with dementia in the nursing home, using the care ethical framework of Tronto.
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Pharmacological treatments are very common to be used for alleviating neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in dementia. However, decision on drug selection is still a matter of controversy.
Aims: To summarise the comparative efficacy and acceptability of currently available monotherapy drug regimens for reducing NPS in dementia.
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The purpose of this review was to explore the extent and nature of evidence concerning factors that influence the use of nonpharmacological interventions for community-dwelling seniors with mild-to-moderate dementia.
This paper aims to describe the outcomes of the use of the Quality Outcome Measure for individuals with dementia (QOMID) within a dementia pathway for people with Down’s syndrome (DS). The QOMID is a tool for clinicians to use with 17 outcome domains, each with descriptors for early, mid and late stage dementia, rated on a four point scale from rarely achieved for the person (1) to consistently and completely achieved for the person (4). To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Challenges with communication are a feature of all types of dementia, so understanding how dementia affects communication and how to support people is important for all nurses. This article provides an overview of communication in dementia care. The authors draw on the literature on communication and dementia to present evidence-based, practical approaches for supporting person-centred communication with people with dementia.
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Much research has been conducted on the relationship between recovery orientation and people diagnosed with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and mood disorders. A recovery-oriented approach by mental health professionals can reduce hospital stays and medical costs for people diagnosed with mental illness.
There are similarities and differences between recovery-oriented approaches for individuals diagnosed with dementia and those diagnosed with mental illness. This reflects the characteristics of irreversible dementia.
Although dementia courses at recovery colleges are increasing, dementia recovery is in its infancy and course content varies. The core of the recovery framework for individuals diagnosed with dementia is ‘Continue to be me’.
Recovery-oriented approaches and programmes have been developed by mental health workers for older adults, including those with dementia, but there are no outcome measures that reflect the characteristics of dementia care. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Early identification of older adults at higher risk of accumulating multimorbidity of specific pathophysiology and tailored interventions to prevent or delay the onset of such multimorbidity may help prevention of dementia. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The aim of this review was to chart what is known from the literature about the use of CS in improving ADL outcomes. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Dementia is a growing health concern. Persons with dementia experience higher levels of anxiety and depression, which correlates with poorer quality of life, disability and hospitalization. This is one of the few studies to use a longitudinal design to assess the impact of expressed emotion (EE) on well-being in dementia over time.
Music can stimulate the parts of the brain that regulate the pleasure receptors. Music is also neurologically unique in the way that it stimulates various parts of the brain at once. This suggests that in people with dementia if some parts of the brain are affected music can still reach other parts. Evidence suggests that music can have beneficial effects for people with dementia, such as reduction in agitation. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Anticholinergic burden is weakly associated with poorer cognition, but there is little evidence for associations with brain structure. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The findings from this study confirm the importance of age-related risperidone dose adjustments and argue strongly for therapeutic drug monitoring in the initial stages of treatment, to identify those at greatest risk of toxicity. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
A systematic review of the literature was completed to examine the needs of those who provide care to people with intellectual disability and dementia. The purpose of this paper was to develop an understanding of the complexities, challenges and support available to meet the needs of an ageing population. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
People under 65 with dementia can struggle to get a diagnosis and appropriate care, making greater awareness among nurses vital. Dementia is perceived as a condition of older people, but can also affect those in middle age or even younger. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
In an initiative to reduce stigma, an academic psychiatrist comes out of the dementia closet: describing his own experience of developing Alzheimer's disease, the accompanying memory problems, the restriction of some of his activities, emotional lability and his increasing reliance on others. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Older people with mental health needs and dementia often face difficulties with daily living and community participation, requiring the intervention of social care services. However, cognitive and emotional needs often mean that mainstream support is not appropriate. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Previous research on the association between proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) intake and the increased risk of dementia has shown discrepancies in conclusion. We aimed to provide updated evidence based on extensive bias assessments and quantitative sensitivity analyses. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The Dementia Questionnaire for People with Learning Disabilities (DLD) is one of the main screening and monitoring tools for dementia in people with Down’s syndrome (DS). As part of a quality improvement project to improve the care for people with DS and dementia in an intellectual disability service, the authors studied the screening and monitoring process by retrospectively investigating the use of DLD and exploring clinicians’ experience of using it. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The complex nature of end-of-life assessment of individuals diagnosed with dementia would benefit from a mixed methods approach that simultaneously assess the perception and response of nurses to standardised tools. Aim: To examine nursing professionals’ perceptions of the quality of dying among residents diagnosed with dementia using the Quality of Dying in Long-Term Care settings (QoD-LTC) questionnaire, and to identify consistencies and inconsistencies in their narratives.
Anti-dementia medications such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors are an important part of the management pathway for dementia. However, there are limited data in New Zealand that have examined the rates and patterns of use of funded anti-dementia medication and how use differs with ethnicity, age and sex. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
In this review, the authors evaluate the evidence for efficacy and safety of nonpharmacological and pharmacological interventions for treating NPS, mostly based on published meta-analyses. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This review aimed to synthesize current evidence on family involvement in pain management for people living with dementia from the perceptions of family carers and health care professionals.
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Older adults with MCI who participated in the CrEAS program improved their neuropsychological outcomes and QoL and reduced their rate of cognitive deterioration.
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As the study showed, experiencing auditory hallucinations was linked to poorer well-being in dementia. This suggests that auditory hallucinations should be targeted by appropriate treatments when aiming to improve well-being in people living with the condition.
The Comprehensive Process Model of Group Engagement posits that personal factors (e.g., cognitive function), stimulus factors (e.g., group activity content, group size) and environmental factors (e.g., light, noise) impact the response to group activities. This paper reports the impact of environmental and group characteristics on engagement, mood, and sleepiness of persons with dementia attending group activities.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Worldwide, life expectancy and ageing‐related disorders as Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are increasing, having a rising impact on patients’ quality of life and caregivers’ distress. Telemedicine offers many possibilities, such as remote diagnosing and monitoring patients.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
To explore the complexities, circumstances, and range of services commissioned for people with dementia living at home.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
To study the frequency of suicidal ideation and its association with clinical and neurobiological correlates among cognitively intact autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease (ADAD) at‐risk individuals.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
In the UK, an estimated 954 000 people have dementia. Lewy body dementia (LBD) can be difficult to diagnose and estimates of its prevalence in the UK range from 38 000–100 000 (Prince et al, 2014:14, 16; Table 4, 2019 estimates; NHS, 2019).
This article, the fourth in a series, explains about the pathophysiology and clinical features of LBD, how it is diagnosed, treated and managed. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
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