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Tag Archives: Quality of Life and Relationship Quality for People With Dementia
Review of Socially Assistive Robots (Journal of Medical Internet Research)
Summary A recent systematic review of the literature on the uses and efficacy of socially assistive robots (SARs) notes that the limited evidence to date in the field of mental health focuses largely on applications of SARs for elderly persons with dementia. There is … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Assistive Technology, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing Population, Agitation, Android Companions, Android Pets, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence: Assisting People With Dementia, Assistive Intelligent Robots, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Betty, Care Robots, Companionship, CRECA: Contextual Respectful Counselling Agent, Distressed Behaviour, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital (Bedford MA), Emotional Automata, Emotional Robots, Emotional Wellbeing, Entertainment and Stimulation, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, Examples of Robots in Social Care Practice, Haptic Creature, Home Care Robots, Humanoid SARs, Individually Prioritized Problems Assessment (IPPA), Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), Loneliness in Older People, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health Outcomes, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, NAO: Aldebaran Robotics, Pets (Robotic), Pets as Companions for People with Dementia, Physical Assistance (Robotic), Psychological and Emotional Wellbeing, Quality of Life and Relationship Quality for People With Dementia, Quality of Life for People Living in Care Homes, Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Reducing Agitation and Distress, RoboPets for Care Home Residents, Robot Seal (PARO), Robot Therapy, Robotherapy, Robotic Care for the Elderly, Robotic Pets for Care Home Residents, Robotic Support for Care Workers, Robotics, Robotics in Social Care, SARs: Socially Assistive Robots, Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM), Social and Community Reintegration Research Program: Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Social Companion Robots, Social Interaction, Social Interaction With Robopets, Social Robots and Well-Being, Socially Assistive Robots, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, United States, USA
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Benefits of Robotic Pets for Elderly Care Home Residents? (International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Summary A systematic review has examined the evidence on the reported advantages of robopets (defined as small animal-like robots with the appearance and behavioural characteristics of pets) and the effects of robopets on the mental health and well-being of older … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Activity in Care Homes, Agitation, Android Companions, Android Pets, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Care Home Residents, College of Medicine and Health: University of Exeter, Companionship, Distressed Behaviour, Emotional Automata, Emotional Robots, Emotional Wellbeing, Encouraging Independence and Social Interaction, Entertainment and Stimulation, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, European Centre for Environment and Human Health: University of Exeter Medical School, Evidence Synthesis Team: NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC), Feelings of Loneliness, Health Care for Older Care Home Residents, International Journal of Older People Nursing, Interventions for BPSD, Interventions for Social Isolation and Loneliness in Men, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Loneliness in Older People, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and Wellbeing in Adult Social Care, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC), Older Care Home Residents, Older People Living in Care Homes, Pets (Robotic), Pets as Companions for People with Dementia, Psychological and Emotional Wellbeing, Quality of Life and Relationship Quality for People With Dementia, Quality of Life for People Living in Care Homes, Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Reducing Agitation and Distress, RoboPets for Care Home Residents, Robot Seal (PARO), Robotic Care for the Elderly, Robotic Pets for Care Home Residents, Social Companion Robots, Social Interaction, Social Interaction With Robopets, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, University of Exeter, University of Exeter Medical School: University of Exeter
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Re-Evaluating the Effectiveness of Joint Reminiscence Groups: the REMCARE Trial (PLoS One)
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
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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)
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