Challenges with communication are a feature of all types of dementia, so understanding how dementia affects communication and how to support people is important for all nurses. This article provides an overview of communication in dementia care. The authors draw on the literature on communication and dementia to present evidence-based, practical approaches for supporting person-centred communication with people with dementia.
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Much research has been conducted on the relationship between recovery orientation and people diagnosed with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and mood disorders. A recovery-oriented approach by mental health professionals can reduce hospital stays and medical costs for people diagnosed with mental illness.
There are similarities and differences between recovery-oriented approaches for individuals diagnosed with dementia and those diagnosed with mental illness. This reflects the characteristics of irreversible dementia.
Although dementia courses at recovery colleges are increasing, dementia recovery is in its infancy and course content varies. The core of the recovery framework for individuals diagnosed with dementia is ‘Continue to be me’.
Recovery-oriented approaches and programmes have been developed by mental health workers for older adults, including those with dementia, but there are no outcome measures that reflect the characteristics of dementia care. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Early identification of older adults at higher risk of accumulating multimorbidity of specific pathophysiology and tailored interventions to prevent or delay the onset of such multimorbidity may help prevention of dementia. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The aim of this review was to chart what is known from the literature about the use of CS in improving ADL outcomes. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Dementia is a growing health concern. Persons with dementia experience higher levels of anxiety and depression, which correlates with poorer quality of life, disability and hospitalization. This is one of the few studies to use a longitudinal design to assess the impact of expressed emotion (EE) on well-being in dementia over time.
Music can stimulate the parts of the brain that regulate the pleasure receptors. Music is also neurologically unique in the way that it stimulates various parts of the brain at once. This suggests that in people with dementia if some parts of the brain are affected music can still reach other parts. Evidence suggests that music can have beneficial effects for people with dementia, such as reduction in agitation. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Anticholinergic burden is weakly associated with poorer cognition, but there is little evidence for associations with brain structure. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The findings from this study confirm the importance of age-related risperidone dose adjustments and argue strongly for therapeutic drug monitoring in the initial stages of treatment, to identify those at greatest risk of toxicity. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
A systematic review of the literature was completed to examine the needs of those who provide care to people with intellectual disability and dementia. The purpose of this paper was to develop an understanding of the complexities, challenges and support available to meet the needs of an ageing population. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
People under 65 with dementia can struggle to get a diagnosis and appropriate care, making greater awareness among nurses vital. Dementia is perceived as a condition of older people, but can also affect those in middle age or even younger. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
In an initiative to reduce stigma, an academic psychiatrist comes out of the dementia closet: describing his own experience of developing Alzheimer's disease, the accompanying memory problems, the restriction of some of his activities, emotional lability and his increasing reliance on others. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Older people with mental health needs and dementia often face difficulties with daily living and community participation, requiring the intervention of social care services. However, cognitive and emotional needs often mean that mainstream support is not appropriate. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Previous research on the association between proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) intake and the increased risk of dementia has shown discrepancies in conclusion. We aimed to provide updated evidence based on extensive bias assessments and quantitative sensitivity analyses. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The Dementia Questionnaire for People with Learning Disabilities (DLD) is one of the main screening and monitoring tools for dementia in people with Down’s syndrome (DS). As part of a quality improvement project to improve the care for people with DS and dementia in an intellectual disability service, the authors studied the screening and monitoring process by retrospectively investigating the use of DLD and exploring clinicians’ experience of using it. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The complex nature of end-of-life assessment of individuals diagnosed with dementia would benefit from a mixed methods approach that simultaneously assess the perception and response of nurses to standardised tools. Aim: To examine nursing professionals’ perceptions of the quality of dying among residents diagnosed with dementia using the Quality of Dying in Long-Term Care settings (QoD-LTC) questionnaire, and to identify consistencies and inconsistencies in their narratives.
Anti-dementia medications such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors are an important part of the management pathway for dementia. However, there are limited data in New Zealand that have examined the rates and patterns of use of funded anti-dementia medication and how use differs with ethnicity, age and sex. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
In this review, the authors evaluate the evidence for efficacy and safety of nonpharmacological and pharmacological interventions for treating NPS, mostly based on published meta-analyses. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This review aimed to synthesize current evidence on family involvement in pain management for people living with dementia from the perceptions of family carers and health care professionals.
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Older adults with MCI who participated in the CrEAS program improved their neuropsychological outcomes and QoL and reduced their rate of cognitive deterioration.
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