It has long been recognised that people with dementia and their family carers have palliative care needs equal to those of patients with cancer. However, a palliative approach to dementia care requires both the dementia and palliative care workforces to fully understand the needs of people with dementia and their families towards the end of life. This article describes the development of a ‘community of practice’ where healthcare professionals from dementia and palliative care services shared their practice and learned from each other in a safe and supportive environment.
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By characterising the full spectrum of temporal disease trajectories before dementia, this UK Biobank study aims to yield a global picture of precursor diseases to dementia and to provide detailed instructions for risk management and primary prevention of dementia. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This paper explores the impact that early-stage dementia has on everyday activities from the perspective of people living with dementia, their supporters and occupational therapy practitioners. Open access article - no login required.
This study investigates the experiences of 18 caregivers of people with dementia in Black Caribbean, Black African, and South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi) communities in England. Open access article - no login required.
Appropriate nutrition represents a potential strategy to mitigate dementia risk and could be recommended by clinicians as part of mid-life health checks and other health initiatives to reduce dementia prevalence. The purpose of this review is to provide a clinician-focused update on the current state of the knowledge on nutrition and dementia prevention.
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This meta-ethnographic review explains how people with early-onset dementia form their sense of identity. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study tested whether individuals who are most likely to need enhanced care later in the disease course can be identified at the point of diagnosis. Open access article - no login required.
Remote monitoring technologies show potential to help health professionals deliver preventative interventions which can avoid hospital admissions and allow patients to remain in a home setting.
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Using a case study approach, the authors describe the support available, spanning health and social care and third sector organisations. They discuss how this support can enable people with dementia and their carers to maintain wellbeing and cope with the impact of dementia.
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Hospital patients with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are vulnerable to a range of adverse outcomes. Hospital-based Special Care Units (SCUs) are secure dementia-enabling environments providing specialised gerontological care. Due to a scarcity of research, their value remains unconfirmed.
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