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Tag Archives: Reducing Antipsychotic Medication in Care Homes
Systematic Review of Meaningful Activity for People With Dementia in Long-Term Care (Cochrane Database / NIHR Signal / PLoS Medicine)
Summary Mainstream opinion is nowadays in favour of providing personally-tailored meaningful activity for people with dementia in long-term care, as a means of improving mental wellbeing and quality of life, and / or reducing challenging behaviour without resort to antipsychotics. … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Music Therapy for Dementia Care Home Residents (BMC Geriatrics)
Summary Further evidence points to the efficacy of music therapy for dementia patients, in terms of facilitating improvements in psychological wellbeing and reducing disruptive behaviour in care home environments. Research based at the Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge indicates that … 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, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Activity in Care Homes, Anglia Ruskin University, Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge), Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Best Practice in Care Homes, Better Care Homes, BMC Geriatrics, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Cambridge, Care Home Managers, Care Home Residents, Care Home Sector, Care Homes, Care Homes Wellbeing, Confusion in Care Homes, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia Care Mapping (DCM), Department of Music and Performing Arts: Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge), Derby, Disruptive Behaviour, Global Deterioration Scale (GDS), Good Practice in Care Homes, Happiness and Wellbeing, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Individual Music Therapy, Living Well in Care Homes, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, Methodist Homes (MHA), Mood and Engagement, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI-Nursing Home Version), Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in People With Dementia, Occupational Disruptiveness, Occupational Therapy in Care Homes, Personal Enhancers During Music Therapy, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Psychological and Emotional Wellbeing, Quality of Life for People Living in Care Homes in Wales, Quality Statement 1: Participation in Meaningful Activity, Reducing Antipsychotic Medication in Care Homes, Wellbeing in Older People
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Mainstream Dementia Pathways Literature (British Psychological Society)
Summary This document was released last year by the Dementia Work Stream of the Faculty of the Psychology of Older People (FPOP) at the British Psychological Society. It reflects a literature review performed between 2011 and 2012 to find important … Continue reading
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