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Systematic Review of Reminiscence Therapy for People With Dementia (Cochrane Database)

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A Cochrane Review of reminiscence therapy for dementia has been updated to reflect the latest evidence on the efficacy of this diverse group of interventions for people living with dementia and their carers. This review attempts to accommodate differences … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest, Wales | Tagged Agitation and Aggression, ALOIS: the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group, Alternatives to Medication for Agitation, Anxiety, Apathy, Apathy / Indifference, Bangor University, Carer Well-Being, Cochrane Database, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Dementia Services Development Centre Wales: Bangor University, Dementia-Related Agitation, Effectiveness of Reminiscence Therapy, Group Reminiscence Therapy, Improving the Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Individual Reminiscence Therapy, People with Dementia in Care Homes, People With Dementia in Long-Term Care, People With Dementia Living in Care Homes, Professor Martin Orrell, Reducing Waste in Dementia Care, Reminiscence, Reminiscence Services, Reminiscence Therapy, Reminiscence Therapy for Dementia, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer | Leave a comment

One Hour of Social Interaction Per Week Improves Dementia Care (NIHR / NHS Choices / PLoS Medicine)

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NIHR-funded research indicates that a modest amount of social interaction improves quality of life for people with dementia living in care homes. Agitation and aggression were reduced by these cost-effective means, and the quality of life in people with … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Abbey Pain Scale, Advancing Care: Research With Care Homes (NIHR), Agitation, Agitation and Aggression, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alternatives to Antipsychotics, Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotic Prescribing in Care Homes, Antipsychotic Prescribing in Nursing Homes, Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, Bangor University, Bazian, Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Behind the Headlines, Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly, Care Homes, Centre for Age-Related Medicine (SESAM): Helse Stavanger University Hospital, Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), Clinical Dementia Rating Scale, CMAI (Cohen Mansfield Agitation Inventory), Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI), Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI) Scores, Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD), Dementia Services Development Centre Wales: Bangor University, Dementia-Related Agitation, DEMQOL-Proxy, DEMQoL-Proxy: Dementia Quality of Life Proxy, Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology: University of Nottingham, Division of Psychiatry: University College London, Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Exeter University, Exeter University Medical School: Exeter University, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences: University of Hull, Helse Stavanger University Hospital (Norway), Improving Wellbeing and Health for People with Dementia (WHELD) Trial, Institute of Mental Health: University of Nottingham, Kings College London, London School of Economics, Managing Agitation, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research Signal, Neuroleptic Discontinuation, Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Nursing Home version (NPI-NH), NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) Programme, NIHR Signal, Norway, Nursing Homes, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, People With Dementia Living in Care Homes, People With Dementia Living in Nursing Homes, Person-Centred Activities for People With Dementia Living in Nursing Homes, Person-Centred Care Training for People With Dementia Living in Nursing Homes, Personalised Social Interaction, PLoS Medicine, Professor Martin Orrell, Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) Programme (NIHR), Quality of Interactions Scale (QUIS), Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing Antipsychotic Drugs in Care Homes, Reducing Antipsychotic Medication in Care Homes, Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics, Reducing Violence and Aggression, Residential Care, Residential Care Homes, Social Interaction, University College London, University of Hull, University of Nottingham, WHELD Intervention, WHELD Programme, Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases: King’s College London | Leave a comment

Understanding and Evaluating Cognitive Stimulation Therapy: CST For Dementia (Companions of London / Trials)

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An infographic has been produced by Companions of London on the likely / intended benefits of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) as a treatment for persons with dementia: Full Text Link Reference Understanding Cognitive Stimulation Therapy: CST and Dementia (Infographic). … Continue reading →

Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest, Wales | Tagged Cognitive Stimulation Therapy, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), College of Medicine: Swansea University, Companions of London, Dementia Services Development Centre Wales: Bangor University, Devon, Devon Partnership NHS Trust, Division of Psychiatry: University College London (UCL), Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, Faculty of Health and Social Care: University of Hull, Group Based Cognitive Stimulation Therapy, iCST: Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Dementia, Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Dementia (iCST), Institute of Brain Behaviour and Mental Health: Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Institute of Mental Health: University of Nottingham, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, London School of Economics and Political Science, Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, North Wales Organisation for Randomised Trials in Health (and Social Care): University of Bangor, Personal Social Services Research Unit: London School of Economics and Political Science, PLoS Medicine, Professor Martin Orrell, Research Department of Clinical Educational and Health Psychology: University College London, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Swansea University, Trials, University College London, University College London (UCL), University of Bangor, University of Hull, University of Nottingham, Whitaker Research Ltd (Bangor) | Leave a comment

Development of Standardised Intervention Outcome Measures for Dementia Prevention (PLoS One / HTA)

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The following articles present work towards establishing a consensus on the most suitable outcomes to be measured when assessing “disease modification” (or the lack of it) in response to interventions intended to delay or prevent the progress of dementia. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Systematic Reviews, UK | Tagged Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog), Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trials, and Health Psychology: University College London, Assessment of Quality of Life, Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing: Aston University, Aston University, Bangor University, Biological Markers, Biomarkers, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Cambridge Institute of Public Health: University of Cambridge, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, Cardiff University, Centre for Dementia Studies: Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Centre for Public Health: Queen's University Belfast, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care: University of Hertfordshire, Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), Clinical Dementia Rating Scale, Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials, Dementia Quality of Life (DEMQOL), Dementia Quality of Life Measure, Dementia Services Development Centre Wales: Bangor University, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy: Technische Universität München, Department of Psychiatry: University of Cambridge, Disability Assessment for Dementia-DAD, Disease Modification, Disease Modification Trials, Disease-Modifying Trials in Mild-to-Moderate Dementia, Division of Psychiatry: University College London, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences: University College London, Drug Trials Failure Rate, Faculty of Health and Social Care: University of Hull, Faculty of Medicine: Imperial College London, Germany, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, Health Technology Assessment Study, Health Technology Assessments, Imperial College London, Institute of Brain Behaviour and Mental Health: University of Manchester, Institute of Health and Society: Newcastle University, Institute of Mental Health: University of Nottingham, International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement, Kings College London, Leeds Beckett University, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Measurement of Successes and Failures of Dementia Treatments, Measuring the Impact of Interventions to Reduce Alzheimer’s Disease, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research: Health Technology Assessment Programme, Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Agitation / Aggression Scale, Neuropsychiatric Inventory Agitation / Aggression Domain (NPI), Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in People With Dementia, Neuroscience Research Centre - St. George's: University of London, Newcastle University, NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, NIHR HTA: Health Technology Assessment Programme, North Thames CLAHRC, Norwich Medical School: University of East Anglia, Nuffield Department of Population Health: University of Oxford, Opportunities for Standardisation, Outcome Measures for Disease-Modifying Trials in Mild-to-Moderate Dementia, Outcome Validation, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Patient and Public Involvement (PPI), PenCLAHRC: University of Exeter Medical School, Personal Social Services Research Unit: University of Manchester, Potential Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease, Queen's University Belfast, Research Department of Clinical Educational, Research Institute for the Care of Older People (RICE): University of Bath, ScHARR: University of Sheffield, School of Clinical Sciences: University of Bristol, School of Health and Community Studies: Leeds Beckett University, School of Healthcare Sciences: Cardiff University, School of Medicine: University of Southampton, School of Psychology: University of Exeter, School of Public Health: Imperial College London, sMRI (Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging), Standardisation, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Technische Universität München, United Kingdom, University College London, University of Bath, University of Bristol, University of Cambridge, University of East Anglia, University of Exeter, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Hertfordshire, University of Hull, University of London, University of Manchester, University of Nottingham, University of Oxford, University of Sheffield, University of Southampton, University of Warwick, Warwick Clinical Trials Research Unit: University of Warwick, Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases: King’s College London | Leave a comment

The Dementia Citizens Project (Knowledge Hub / Nesta)

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (Nesta) has launched the Dementia Citizens website. This project aims to bring together researchers and people with dementia (and their carers and families) with a view to discovering novel ways … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Assistive Technology, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest, Wales | Tagged Active Citizens, Arts and Music in Dementia, Arts in Health, Assistive Technology (AT), Assistive Technology and Telecare, Assistive Technology Services, Assistive Technology Supporting Independence of People With Dementia, AT: Assistive Technology, Bangor University, Book of You (Nesta backed by Bangor University), Citizen Inclusion, Citizen Participation, Citizenship: Involvement and Participation, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Ctrl Group: Nesta Development Partners, Cultural Arts Interventions, Dementia and Social Citizenship, Dementia Research, Dementia Services Development Centre, Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC Wales): Bangor University, Dementia Services Development Centre Wales: Bangor University, Dementia-Friendly apps, Dementia-Related apps, Digital Arts and Older People, Digital Reminiscence Therapy, Glasgow Caledonian University, Health Information Technology, Health Technology, Healthy Living Apps, Information and Support for Carers, Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Information Pathways for Assistive Technology in Dementia Care, Information Technology, Investment in Information Technology, iOS apps, Knowledge Hub (Philippa Lynch), Life Stories, Life Story, Life Story Work, Life Story Work in Dementia Care, Maintaining Independence, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Occupation, Meaningful Relationships, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, Musical Interventions, Musical Therapies, National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA), NESTA: National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, New Technology, Participation in Research, Participatory and Citizen Involvement, Participatory Arts, Patient Activation, Patient Choice, Patient Control, Patient Empowerment, Patient Experience, Patient Involvement, Patient Involvement in Research, Playlist for Life (Nesta backed by Glasgow Caledonian University), Public Participation in Research, Quality Statement 1: Participation in Meaningful Activity, Regaining Independence, Reminiscence, Reminiscence and Sensory Stimulation, Reminiscence Arts, Reminiscence Services, Reminiscence Therapy, Significant Dates (Reminiscence), Significant Events (Reminiscence), Significant Others (Reminiscence), Significant Persons (Reminiscence), Significant Places (Reminiscence), Smartphone and Tablet Apps, Smartphone apps, Smartphone Mobile Applications to Monitor Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions, Smartphones, Technology and Social Care, Technology and the Arts, Tele-Interventions, Telehealth and Self Care, Telemedicine, Telemonitoring, Transformational Technologies, Transformative Technology, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Community Care, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Dementia Care, Wearable Devices, Wearable Devices for People With Dementia, Wearable Sensors, Wearable Technologies Innovation, Wearable Technology, Wearables (Technology) | Leave a comment

Re-Evaluating the Effectiveness of Joint Reminiscence Groups: the REMCARE Trial (PLoS One)

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The REMCARE Trial investigated the relative benefits and effectiveness of joint reminiscence groups, i.e. reminiscence therapy interventions involving people with dementia and their family carers together. The researchers did not find evidence supporting the clinical effectiveness or cost-effectiveness of … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest, Wales | Tagged Activities of Daily Living, Aneurin Bevan Health Board: Ystrad Mynach Hospital, Autobiographical Memory, Autobiographical Memory Interview (AMI), Bangor, Bangor University, Bradford, Bradford Dementia Group: University of Bradford, Carer Patient Dyad Relationship Quality, Carer Stress, Centre for Economics and Policy in Health: Bangor University, Centre for Health Information Research and Evaluation: Swansea University, Clinical Psychology, Community Mental Health, Consort Checklist for REMCARE Study, Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD), Cost-Effectiveness, Cost-Effectiveness Analyses, Cost-Effectiveness in Health Care, Cost-Utility Analyses, Dementia Care Research Faculty of Health and Social Care: University of Hull, Dementia Services Development Centre Wales: Bangor University, Division of Psychiatry: University College London, Family Carers, General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), Group Reminiscence Therapy, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Hull, Institute of Mental Health: University of Nottingham, ISRCTN Registry No. ISRCTN42430123, Joint Interventions, Joint Reminiscence Groups, Manchester, NHS Community Mental Health, NHS Memory Clinics, North Wales Organisation for Randomised Trials in Health and Social Care: Bangor University, Nottingham, ORCID, People With Dementia and Family Carers, PLoS One, Professor Martin Orrell, Psychological Distress in Carers, Quality of Life and Relationship Quality for People With Dementia, Quality of the Carer–Patient Relationship (QCPR), Rating Anxiety In Dementia (RAID), Relative's Stress Scale, REMCARE Trial, REMCARE: Pragmatic Multi-Centre Randomised Trial of Reminiscence Groups for People with Dementia and their Family Carers, REMCARE: Reminiscence Groups for People With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers, Reminiscence, Reminiscence and Sensory Stimulation, Reminiscence Groups for People with Dementia, Reminiscence Services, Reminiscence Therapy, School of Nursing Midwifery and Social Work: University of Manchester, Self-Reported Quality of Life For Persons With Dementia (QoL-AD), Swansea, Swansea University, University College London, University of Bradford, University of Hull, University of Manchester, University of Nottingham, West Wales Organisation for Rigorous Trials in Health: Swansea University, Ystrad Mynach Hospital (Caerphilly) | Leave a comment

Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Dementia (iCST): RCT Study Protocol (Trials)

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Although the Department of Health favours improving access to psychological therapies many people with dementia are unable to access psychological interventions which could improve their quality of life, and that of their carers. Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) groups can improve … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged ADAS-Cog, ADAS-Cog: Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale, BADLS: Bristol Activities of Daily Living Scale, Bangor University, Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Burden on Caregivers, Caregiver Training, Caregivers, Carer Support, CEAC: Cost Effectiveness Acceptability Curve, CMHT: Community Mental Health Teams, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), CSRI: Client Service Receipt Inventory, Dementia Services Development Centre Wales: Bangor University, DEMQoL-Proxy: Dementia Quality of Life Proxy, DEMQoL: Dementia Quality of Life, Department of Clinical Psychology: University College London, Department of Old Age Psychiatry: University of Manchester, EQ-5D: European Quality of Life - 5 Dimensions, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Global Deterioration Scale (GDS), HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, iCST: Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Dementia, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Dementia (iCST), Institute of Psychiatry: King's College London, Institute of Rehabilitation: University of Hull, Interventions to Enhance Life in Dementia, Kings College London, London School of Economics and Political Science, Mental Health Sciences Unit: University College London, Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), North Wales Organisation for Randomised Trials in Health (& Social Care): University of Bangor, Patient and Caregiver Quality of Life (QoL-AD; EQ5D), Personalised Carer Support, Professor Martin Orrell, QCPR: Quality of the Carer Patient Relationship, QoL-AD: Quality of Life Alzheimer’s Disease, Quality of Life (QoL), Quality of Life: Patient and Caregiver (QoL-AD; EQ5D), Research Protocol, RO: Reality Orientation, RS-14: Resilience Scale, School of Medicine: Swansea University, SF-12: Short Form-12 Health Survey, SHIELD, SHIELD: Support at Home, Stress Reduction for Unpaid Family Carers, Study Protocol, Support at Home (SHIELD), Supporting Caregivers, Swansea, Trials, University College London (UCL), University of Hull | Leave a comment

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