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Tag Archives: DEMQoL-Proxy: Dementia Quality of Life Proxy
One Hour of Social Interaction Per Week Improves Dementia Care (NIHR / NHS Choices / PLoS Medicine)
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
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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
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Recent Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Bibliographic Citations Recent reviews and meta-analyses on miscellaneous topics are listed below. Some of these articles are available freely. The full-text of the other articles may need a suitable Athens password, a journal subscription or payment for access. Brain Imaging … Continue reading →
Posted in Depression, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Mental Health, Systematic Reviews
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Tagged Affective Disorders, Apathy, Apathy / Indifference, Brain Imaging, Cardiovascular Risk, Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis, Dementia Quality of Life (DEMQOL), DEMQOL-Proxy, DEMQOL-PROXY-U, DEMQoL-Proxy: Dementia Quality of Life Proxy, DEMQOL-U, DEMQoL: Dementia Quality of Life, Elderly Mental Health, Functional Brain Imaging, Genetic Research, Genetic Testing, Genetic Triggers, Glucocerebrosidase Mutations, IRIS Trial, MRI Brain Imaging, Neurology, Quality of Life Research, Research Methodology, SUMO, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Vascular Brain Injury, Vascular Cognitive Impairment, Vascular Dementia
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Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Dementia (iCST): RCT Study Protocol (Trials)
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
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