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Review of Community-Based Services Designed to Avoid or Delay Residential Care Home Admissions (BMC Geriatrics)

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An Australian systematic review investigated the effectiveness of community-based care interventions for the elderly in terms of their role in avoiding or delaying admission to residential care. It was found that multi-factorial, individualised community programmes are more effective, while … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest | Tagged Admissions to Residential Care, Australia, BMC Geriatrics, Case Management, Centre-Based Wellness Programmes, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Services to Avoid or Delay Residential Care Home Admissions, Community-Based Support, Complex Interventions, Complex Interventions (Multifactorial Preventative Home Visits), Consumer Directed Care (CDC), Dementia Specific Interventions, Discharge From Hospital to Primary Care, Division of Health Sciences: University of South Australia, ECH Incorporated (South Australia), Edith Cowan University (Australia), Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA), Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Multi-Factorial Falls Assessments and Care Plans, Multifactorial Assessment (Falls), Multifactorial Falls Risk Assessment (MFRA), Multifactorial Preventative Home Visits, Preventative Home Visiting, Re-Enablement (Restorative Home Care), School of Medical and Health Sciences: Edith Cowan University, South Australia, Staying at Home, Staying Put, University of South Australia, Unwillingness to Consider Residential Care, Western Australia | Leave a comment

Healthy Lifestyles May Partially Help Offset Genetic Risk Factors for Dementia (BBC News / JAMA / Bazian)

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Persons in the UK Biobank study were followed over time to discover whether pursuing a healthy lifestyle (not smoking, regular physical activity, healthy diet and moderate alcohol consumption) might be associated with lower risk of developing dementia regardless of predisposing genetic risk factors. Statistically, favourable (“healthy”) lifestyles … Continue reading →

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Review of Interventions Which May Potentially Delay Functional Decline in Persons With Dementia (BMJ Open)

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The authors examined 23 systematic reviews about the benefits of non-pharmacological, pharmacological and alternative therapies on activities of daily living (ADL) in people with dementia. Interventions thought to be effective (based on evidence sometimes judged to be “low quality”) … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest | Tagged Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors, Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors (AChEIs), Activities of Daily Living, Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Acupuncture, Ageing Work and Health Research Unit: University of Sydney, Anti-Dementia Medication, Aromatherapy, Aromatherapy for Dementia, Australia, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Bright Light Therapy, Carer Burden in Dementia, Case Management, Case Management for Dementia, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy, Cognitive Training, Cognitive Training Exercises, Department of Rehabilitation Aged and Extended Care: Flinders University, Depression and Anxiety, Donepezil, Dyadic Interventions, Dyadic Interventions For Community-Dwelling People With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers, Enabling Activities of Daily Living, Family Caregivers, Family Carers, Flinders University, Flinders University (Adelaide), Functional Decline, Gingko Biloba, Ginkgo Biloba, Ginkgo Biloba Extract, Health and Quality of Life, Huperzine A, Improving the Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Improving the Quality of Life for People with Long Term Conditions, Interventions to Delay Functional Decline in Persons With Dementia, Latrepirdine, Latrepirdine (Dimebon), Lecithin, Light Therapy, Light Therapy for Dementia, Maintaining Independence, Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Melatonin, Memantine, Metal Protein Attenuating Compounds (MPACs), MPACs: Metal Protein Attenuating Compounds, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, New South Wales, Nimodipine, Nutritional Interventions, Nutritional Supplementation, Nutritional Supplements, Patient-Carer Dyads, Pharmacotherapies for Sleep Disturbances, Physical Exercise, Physical Exercise Programmes, Post Market Review Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: Anti-Dementia Medicines, Psychological Treatments for Depression and Anxiety, Quality of Life, Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Quality of Life Promotion, Selegiline, Services Maximising Independence, South Australia, Statins, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, University of Sydney, Validation Therapy, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6, Vitamins B Supplementation | Leave a comment

Sexualities and Dementia Education Resource (Dementia Training Study Centres)

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Dementia Training Study Centres (created by the Australian Government in 2006) has produced an online resource designed to help health professionals understand and develop acceptable approaches to sexual matters and the need for intimacy on the part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Safeguarding, Aged Care Early Intervention Management Program: Queensland Health, Alzheimer’s Australia, Australia, Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing, Autonomy and Solidarity, Avoiding Exploitation, Awareness of Potential Risks, Awareness of Relationships, Barriers to the Expression of Sexuality, Classifications of Sexual Behaviour, Cognitive Capacity and Consent, Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service, Dementia Training Study Centres, Dementia-Related Sexual Expression, Disinhibition, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, Expressions of Intimacy, Griffith Health Institute, HammondCare: New South Wales, Inappropriate Sexual Behaviour, Intimacy, Latrobe University, Medical Ethics, Needs-Based Approaches, New South Wales, P-LI-SS-IT Model of Care, Personhood, Personhood (‘Now’ vs. ‘Then’), Privacy Rights, Psychological Needs-Based Approaches, Queensland Dementia Training Study Centre, Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice: Griffith Health Institute, Responding to Sexual Advances, Risk Management, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Older People, Sexual Behaviours, Sexualities and Dementia Education Resource, Sexualities and Dementia Policy, Sexuality, Sexuality and Dementia, Sexuality Assessment Tools, Sexuality in Care Settings, South Australia, South Australia & Northern Territory Dementia Training Study Centre | Leave a comment

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