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Aoki, Traci. "Dementia care coordination." Thesis, Boston University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/12044.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University<br>Background: Dementia is a chronic, irreversible condition that currently affects millions of Americans. With increasing life expectancies and an aging population, it is predicted that this number will triple within the next fifty years, possibly affecting 16 million Americans by 2050. The majority of care for these patients is provided by informal caregivers, usually their spouses or children. However, studies have shown that most informal caregivers feel they need more information about the disorder and the services available to help them, as well as on how
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Corney, M. J. R. "Dementia and informal care." Thesis, Bangor University, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.296320.

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Tang, Lai Leng. "Empowerment in dementia care." Thesis, City University London, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.664627.

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Thomas, Sasha Campbell. "Psychosocial care for people with dementia in long-term care : the use of dementia care mapping." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.397127.

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Fisher, Gemma. "Spousal relationships in dementia care." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2010. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/1322/.

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This thesis is in two volumes. Volume one consists of the research component and the second represents the clinical work conducted onplacements within the NHS. Volume I consists of three papers. Paper one is a critical review of the current literature regarding instruments used to measure relationship quality between a spousal couple when one of the couple has a diagnosis of dementia. Paper two presents the construction and validation of a new measure: The Birmingham Relationship Continuity Measure (BRCM). The final paper of Volume I is an executive summary of the main research findings. Volum
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Baker, Erin L. "Arts interventions in dementia care." Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2014. http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/12839/.

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Dementia refers to a variety of diseases that are characterised by cognitive difficulties and an overall decline in daily living skills. Psychologically-informed arts and health interventions may be particularly valuable ways of improving the lives of people with a dementia and their carers. This study investigated arts-based interventions at two, London and Nottingham, art galleries where 12 people with mild to moderate dementia and their 12 carers were engaged in art-viewing and art-making. Post-intervention interviews with participants (n=12) and facilitators (n = 4), field notes and extens
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Hartung, Benjamin. "New Graduate Nurses and Dementia Care In Acute Care." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/37377.

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Background: With the increasing older adult population, new graduate nurses will be providing care for patients with dementia more frequently and should be supported to care for this population during their transition period. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis was to explore the experiences of new graduate nurses providing care for patients with dementia in acute care environments. Methods: An interpretive descriptive qualitative study explored eleven Ontario new graduate nurses’ experiences providing dementia care in acute care environments. A thematic analysis was conducted. Findings: The
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Mccarty, Catherine Elizabeth. "The Impact of Hospice and Dementia Special Care Units on End-of-Life Care for Individuals with Dementia." Scholar Commons, 2011. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3240.

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ABSTRACT Hospice and Dementia Special Care Units (DSCUs) have been shown to be gold standards of care for individuals who are dying and for those with dementia in nursing homes. Using a retrospective administrator and family survey, this study investigated whether the processes of care used in hospice and DSCUs are associated with increased quality of end of life (EOL) care for individuals with dementia. A convenience sample of 17 facilities in four states (FL, PA, MD and MA) was included in the study. Nursing home administrators were surveyed between September 2008 and October 2009. The a
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Eekelaar, Catherine. "Art gallery-based interventions in dementia care." Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2011. http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/10460/.

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Section A reviews whether arts-based activities for people with a dementia (PWD) have significant cognitive, social, and psychological benefits for this population. There is a variety of theoretical perspectives on dementia that encompass the biological, psychological, and social effects of the disease on the wellbeing of PWD. Visual arts may be an appropriate way of addressing some of the challenges that PWD face by providing a means of ameliorating some of their cognitive, social, and psychological difficulties. Literature from the field of arts-based activities with PWD suggests that there
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Ward, Richard. "Gender relations in a dementia care setting." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2004. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/6728/.

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This study has been motivated by the need to better understand gender relations in dementia care. Across time and place, gender has been shown to be a fundamental relationship of social organisation. As such, it is hypothesised that gender is likely to have a similarly patterning influence upon relations in residential dementia care. It is argued there is a need to consider the person with dementia as a gendered (and sexual) individual. The study considers the ways that gender produces experiences of a care setting, and how gender is configured by the discourses and practices that characterise
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Amiribesheli, Mohsen. "A tailored Smart Home for dementia care." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2017. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/29789/.

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Dementia refers to a group of chronic conditions that cause the permanent and gradual cognitive decline. Therefore, a Person with Dementia (PwD) requires constant care from various types of caregivers (e.g., informal, social and formal). It is commonly accepted that utilising Smart Homes (SH), as an instance of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technologies, for dementia care could potentially facilitate the care and consequently improve the quality of PwDs’ well-being. Nevertheless, most of the studies view dementia care as a straight application of standard SH technology without accommodating th
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Brannelly, Petula Mary. "Citizenship and care for people with dementia." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487793.

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Care for people with dementia impacts on citizenship, in particular, judgements about capacity affect legislative rights. As a matter of social justice, people considered 'vulnerable', need more rather than less protection by and from the State. Health and social care practitioners attempting to work in ways which support citizenship, find themselves negotiating conflicting ideological positions. This thesis examined social work and community psychiatric nurse practice to analyse how people with dementia were dis/empowered in the care process. Practice values were analysed using the feminist'e
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Hara, Mariko. "We'll meet again : music in dementia care." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/8861.

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The aim of this study was to explore how musicking (a term denoting any music related activity, see Small 1998, p. 9) could be used locally to support people with dementia and their caregivers in a sustainable manner. The data for the study came primarily from a group known as “Song Birds”, a community-based volunteer music group working with people with dementia and their caregivers in the south of England. Participant observation was combined with interviews and an extensive ethnographic study of the music and care world surrounding the group. The data was explored using a grounded theory ap
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Stockwell-Smith, Gillian Barbara. "‘Shared Care’ An Early-Intervention, Self-Management and Empowerment Approach to Community Dementia Care." Thesis, Griffith University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366764.

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Dementia is a progressive, life limiting condition that, as cognitive and functional capacity decline, has an increasing impact on the health and quality of life of the person with the condition and their family caregivers (AIHW, 2012). It is a condition that is cloaked in stigma and misunderstanding, factors that have the potential to isolate those living with the condition from sources of practical and emotional support (Alzheimer's Australia, 2012). Recent advances in the treatment of dementia have not resulted in a cure or substantially altered the disease progression, which accentuates a
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Papachristou, Iliatha G. "Dementia and food : towards an understanding of food-related processes within dementia care." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.585482.

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In the dementia and food literature, the focus is on eating in institutional settings; from formal caregivers' perspectives (Watson & Green, 2006). The current thesis aims to investigate the phenomenon of dementia and food processes (shopping, preparation and eating) from caregivers' perspectives, using four different research methodologies. In Study la and 1 b, a qualitative study was carried out in which twenty care givers ' narratives on dementia progression and food processes and needs for food services were analysed using Thematic Analysis. Results from Study la revealed a set pattern of
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Telford, Elina. "Dementia and physical health care : care accounts of the inpatient experience." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2015. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/76803/.

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Dementia is a growing global concern and a high proportion of people with dementia come in to contact with acute medical care settings. However, little is understood of how people with dementia experience hospital stays. The current study therefore set out to explore the experiences of people with dementia when they are hospitalized for physical health conditions. Due to the limitations in the cognitive capacity of those with moderate or advanced dementia, the experiences were studied indirectly through accounts with family carers. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were undertaken with ei
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Larcombe, Julie Eileen. "Care for the elderly." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.272569.

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Ritchie, Louise. "Dementia friendly living environments : an empirical investigation of design solutions in dementia care homes." Thesis, University of the West of Scotland, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.556069.

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Over the last two decades the use of the environment as a therapeutic tool in the care of people with dementia has become more popular. Despite this, there is a lack of research which includes an empirical measure of behaviour to assess the impact that dementia friendly interventions have on people with dementia. Much of the current research focuses on the perceptions of the staff and relatives on the impact the environment has on people with dementia. There is a small body of research which attempts to include an empirical measure of behaviour, however due to small sample sizes in this type o
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Torssander, Erika. "An Ethical Reflection on Coercion in Dementia-Care." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-66959.

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Sandman, Per-Olof. "Aspects of institutional care of patients with dementia." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för omvårdnad, 1986. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-100563.

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The aim of the present study was to investigate all long-term institutions in the county of Västerbotten, Northern Sweden, to give a detailed description of the institutionalized population with respect to motor functions, vision, hearing, speech, ADL-functions, prevalence of psychiatric symptoms and behavioral disturbances, staff work load, use of psychoactive drugs and prevalence of dementia. Another aim was to select some specific 'problem areas' in the nursing care of demented patients for further descriptive and interventional studies. For this reason, morning care procedure (hygiene, dre
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Yelland, Erin L. "Sex, Dementia, and Long-Term Care: Public Perspectives." UKnowledge, 2015. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/27.

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The current mixed methods study utilized an ecological framework to examine public perspectives toward sexual behaviors among long-term care residents with dementia. Analyzing attitudes of the public is an integral component of understanding the entire ecological system that affects the development and overall well-being of a long-term care resident. Attitudes were examined using a multiple segment factorial vignette with a probability sample of 329 respondents from a southern state. Results indicate that attitudes were not statistically affected by sex or the elapsed time since diagnosis, and
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Oya, Kumi. "A Narrative Inquiry on Culturally Competent Dementia Care." Thesis, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10814538.

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<p> This narrative research offers an inquiry that intends to inspire thinking about a culturally competent dementia care framework in the United States. The main research question is: How does a culture hold dementia care? A subquestion is: What can we in the United States learn from other cultures about dementia care to enhance this care for all? The inquiry was designed to conduct narrative research focusing on Japanese culture in the context of caregiving to people with dementia; 4 professional and 4 family caregivers from this culture, who have cared or have been caring for persons with d
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Shlosberg, Emma. "Dementia : the burden of care on the carers." Thesis, Bangor University, 1998. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/dementia--the-burden-of-care-on-the-carers(3829ec44-fee0-4540-b783-6c78a327c567).html.

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Schultz, Rebecka A. "Staff Perceptions of Quality Interactions in Dementia Care." DigitalCommons@USU, 2019. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7629.

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The national aging trend suggests that population of those aged 65 and older will reach 83.7 million by the year 2050. With increasing age comes the growing possibility of one getting some form of dementia. The Alzheimer’s Association expects the number of American’s with dementia to triple from the reported 5 million cases in 2014 by 2050. With a rise in this cognitively impaired population there is reason to look closely at the needs of persons with dementia living in residential facilities and whether or not they are being met. The main focus of residential facilities is to provide aid with
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Mullay, Steve. ""They're just who they've always been" : the intersections of dementia, 'person-centred care', and cultural contexts in Scottish Care Homes." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2013. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=227117.

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This thesis documents a study which set out to explore the links between culture, dementia and long-term residential care in Scotland. A key aim of the work was to gain insights into manifestations of individual formative culture as part of selfhood in people with dementia in care homes, and how service providers take account of this in constituting „person-centred‟ care processes (which are claimed by virtually every such provider in Scotland). Another aim was to explore the contexts influencing care processes at individual care home/theoretical/government policy levels. Lastly, as a study wi
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Norman, Rachel Louise. "Acute nursing care for people with dementia : what happens when a person with dementia is admitted to hospital for acute care?" Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.289797.

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Hill, Heather. "Talking the talk but not walking the walk : barriers to person centred care in dementia /." Access full text, 2004. http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/thesis/public/adt-LTU20041215.100826/index.html.

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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- La Trobe University, 2004.<br>"A thesis submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora." Research. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 343-362). Also available via the World Wide Web.
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Taylor, Rachel Jane. "Being given a diagnosis of dementia : the experiences of people with dementia and people who care for someone with dementia." Thesis, Open University, 1996. http://oro.open.ac.uk/57649/.

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This study explores the issues raised for people with dementia and their carers when they receive a diagnosis of dementia. Previous research suggests that more people with dementia than other serious illnesses such as cancer will not be told their diagnosis. The implications of this for the way that people with dementia adjust psychologically to their situation are reviewed. It is suggested that the complex illness concept and the particular nature of dementia as an illness influence communication about it The research had three groups of participants. Twenty-six people caring for a relative w
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Aggarwal, Neeru. "Personal experiences of dementia and care : the views of people with dementia and their relatives." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2005. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/6870/.

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This study examined the possibilities of empowering people of a range of severity of dementia, by eliciting accurate views and feelings from them about services and including them in service evaluation. The study was underpinned by a four tier empowerment framework, which incorporated issues relating to the individual, the organisation, the service user and society. An ethnographic approach to data collection and analysis was employed. Twenty-seven people with dementia from Jewish Care residential and day care settings were interviewed and their daily lives videotaped and observed and intervie
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Harrison, Dening K. "Advance care planning in dementia : understanding the preferences of people with dementia and their carers." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2014. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1457800/.

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The UK End of Life Care Strategy proposed that all people should identify preferences for end of life care. Aims To explore whether family carers of a person with dementia (PWD) can accurately predict their preferences for end of life care and what factors influence this. Methods: This mixed methods study began with nominal groups to explore if PWD and carers could generate and prioritise preferences for end of life care and how much carers influenced the PWD’s choices. The second phase involved 60 dyad interviews using a modified Life Support Preferences Questionnaire to assess whether carers
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Ladderbush, Joan Dolores. "Dementia caregivers: Educational intervention and coping styles." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/893.

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Caregivers of dementia patients who were referred to a community-based comprehensive assessment program for demented and/or chronically ill older adults by physicians or community agencies were studied for this thesis.
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Cook, Ailsa. "Understanding the communication of older people with dementia living in residential care." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3301.

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This thesis explores the communication of a group of older people with dementia living in a residential care home and specifically, seeks to understand how living with dementia in a care home influences communication. The study draws broadly on a symbolic interactionist perspective and uses an ethnographic, inclusive, video methodology. In so doing, the study grounds the research in the experiences of the older residents with dementia and explores communication as it is interwoven with social life. The empirical data, on which this thesis is based, were gathered over the course of six months i
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Nowell, Zoe. "The subjective experience of personhood in dementia care settings." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.551666.

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The term 'person-centred care' is used widely within mental health and healthcare fields and is particularly prominent ~thin the dementia care sphere. Specifically, it is posited as the preferred approach to care with individuals with dementia but in terms of evaluating the effectiveness of this approach, numerous methodological challenges appear prevalent. A narrative literature review, reported in section one of this thesis, posits that the methodological challenges of person-centred care evaluation research include problems with delineation, the outcomes used and the diversity of person-cen
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Foster, Catherine Victoria. "Care housing for people with dementia : towards an evaluation." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3425.

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This study set out to evaluate a small scale model of care for people with dementia that aimed to support residents within a daily household routine (termed household care). Stemming from a pluralistic evaluation, this thesis examines issues identified as important to residents' experience, namely the ability of the care houses to provide a home for life, the process and effectiveness of recreating a homely environment and the implications of group-living. Three case studies were investigated with multiple methods, including semi-structured interviews with staff, relatives and representatives
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Ward-Brown, Joanna. "Adult children who care for a parent with dementia." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2012. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6873/.

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The aim of the review was to explore the experiences of adult-children caring for a parent with dementia. A search was conducted for literature which has been published between 1990 and 2012; exclusion criteria were applied and 15 papers were selected to be included in the review. A meta-ethnography (Noblitt & Hare, 1988) of the literature was conducted. The review identified a number of shared themes in the experiences of caregivers. These included: ‘motivations/incentives to care’, ‘the role of a carer’, ‘common emotions/feelings’, ‘ways of coping’ and ‘services/systems’. The review highligh
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Wenborn, J. L. "Occupational therapy and people with dementia in care homes." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2010. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/19434/.

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Background: Lack of activity within care homes decreases quality of life. Staff often lack knowledge and skills to provide meaningful activity at an appropriate level for residents with dementia. Aim: To assess if occupational therapy intervention for people with dementia in care homes improves quality of life. Study 1: The validity and reliability of the Pool Activity Level (PAL) Checklist was assessed. A survey of activity providers demonstrated good content validity. When completed with 60 people with dementia, it showed: strong criterion, construct and concurrent validity with other measur
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Brooker, Dawn J. R. "Improving the quality of care for people with dementia." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.621437.

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The decade 1987 to 1997 was one of enormous change for the NHS and for the profession of clinical psychology and older people. This tiJesis is a product of this decade and demonstrates various ways in which the quality of services for older people with dementia can be addressed. Evidence-based assessment, especially when working with clients who present with a bewildering array of complex behaviours, is the cornerstone of providing quality interventions. The development of the BASOLL and its psychometric properties are described. It can differentiate between clients with different levels of de
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Newton, Lindy. "The impact of dementia care mapping on nursing staff." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/31215.

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The literature regarding dementia care mapping (DCM) and its use as a reliable, valid and efficient tool to assess care practice, is reviewed. Evidence of the growing efficacy of DCM is provided, however, the need for further development and research in a number of areas is highlighted, including nursing staff's experiences of DCM and the impact it has on them. The current study aimed to explore the impact of dementia care mapping (DCM) on nursing staff. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight participants and grounded theory was used to analyse the transcripts. The analysis revea
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Kellar, Thomas W. "Cognitive Stimulation for Long-Term Care Adults with Dementia." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1410464307.

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Law, Katharine. "Long-term dementia care : staff experiences and family satisfaction." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2015. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/75482/.

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This thesis focuses on the care of people with dementia in long-term care settings. It considers both the experiences of staff working with people with dementia in such settings as well as the perceptions and satisfaction of family members of people with dementia who reside in long-term care. It is hoped that these papers will contribute to understanding how staff working with people with dementia in long-term care settings can be supported to improve the quality of care provision to this population. Chapter 1 is a systematic literature review investigating the staff factors which contribute t
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Lintern, Tracey Carol. "Quality in dementia care : evaluating staff attitudes and behaviour." Thesis, Bangor University, 2001. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/quality-in-dementia-care--evaluating-staff-attitudes-and-behaviour(7b098d81-8853-4d24-9e31-5638d348fb29).html.

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Research suggests that for many older people with dementia living in residential care, communication with staff often provides the most significant element of their day. It seems likely that the quality of the interactions provided by staff during their care of people with dementia will be an essential factor in affecting the person's quality of life. Research also suggests that the attitudes of nursing and care staff towards people with dementia is a central component in the quality of care they deliver, however, to date, there has been no empirically established evidence that staff attitudes
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Burshnic, Vanessa L. "Supporting Persons with Dementia in Communicating their Care Preferences." Scholar Commons, 2019. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7753.

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Person-centered care is important to the quality of life of nursing home residents with dementia. Preference assessments enable person-centered care by documenting residents’ preferred activities. Residents with severe dementia are less likely to have a role in preference assessment due to communication challenges associated with the disease. External supports (visual and text cues) are effective in improving the communication of residents with dementia, but these cues are often not used in practice. Standard assessment (verbal questioning) places greater demands on short-term memory and atten
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Zieber, Colin George, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Pain and agitation in the demented long term care resident." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2003, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/210.

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This study involved 58 persons with dementia living in three rural Canadian long-term care (LTC) facilities. In an attempt to find the relationship between these person's possible pain and levels of agitation, data on five proxy indicators of pain were collected and correlated with scores from the Pittsburgh Agitation Scale (PAS). Results indicated that three of the resident pain measures were significantly correlated with PAS scores. In particular, the palliative consultant pain ratings and the DS-DAT were strongly correlated with total PAS scores, and the five PAS sub-factors. Importantly, t
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Ellames, Lorraine. "Dementia care training for residential care workers : building residential care workers' own views into a conceptual model." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2018. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/76639/.

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This thesis is the result of research that investigated the views of residential care workers (RCWs) working with people with dementia about their perceptions of training for their dementia care role with older people. Using a constructivist ontology and an interpretivist epistemology, the research investigates how care workers perceive their training and how they feel it can be applied to their working environment. RCWs were asked what they saw as the specific needs of residents with dementia, what training they had received, how useful they perceived the training to be, and what training the
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Curington, Bonnie Dearen. "Proposed Therapeutic Art to Diminish Agitation in Elder Care." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc115060/.

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This research study examines the decreased agitation level utilizing nonpharmacological therapeutic interventions in dementia patients, age 65 and older. The study examined the following question: Will a therapeutic art program diminish agitated behaviors in persons diagnosed with dementia, aged 65 and older? In this quasi-experimental research design, the sample consisted of 19 participants in 3 groups, selected using these criteria: must be receiving services from a long term care facility, be diagnosed with dementia, display agitated behaviors, and be age 65 and older. This research measure
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BehrensBerg, Stephanie. "Dementia Caregiver Coping Strategies and Caregiver-Care Recipient Relationship Closeness: Associations with Care-Recipient Outcomes." DigitalCommons@USU, 2019. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7559.

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This project used data from the Dementia Progression Study, a longitudinal, population-based study based out of Cache County, Utah. Statistical models were used to examine the association between caregiver factors, the care environment, and cognitive outcomes in persons with dementia. Mediational analyses were also used to examine if the care environment, inferred for nutritional status, engagement in physical and cognitively stimulating activities, mediated the relationship between the closeness/caregiver coping strategies and cognition in persons with dementia. Results showed that closer car
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Sivananthan, Saskia Nikali. "Diagnosis & disruption : understanding guideline-consistent dementia care and patterns of transitions experienced by individuals with dementia." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/52306.

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Introduction Early detection and management, as outlined in dementia guidelines, can improve outcomes and potentially reduce the number of transitions experienced between care-facilities. The objectives of this thesis were to : conduct a critical assessment of the literature on actual versus guideline-consistent dementia care; use population-level data to examine variations in receipt of guideline-consistent dementia care; understand longitudinal patterns of transitions and the factors that contribute to transitions; and assess if receipt of guideline-consistent dementia care and/or high quali
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陳健禧 and Kin-hei Anthony Chan. "An evidence-based guideline of using music for elderly with dementia to reduce agitated behaviors." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/193076.

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Agitated behaviours in dementia elderly predispose to negative outcomes. Music intervention is an evidence-based intervention that could help to ease the situation. The integrative and systematic review studies provide evidence that music intervention is effective in reducing agitated behaviours in dementia elderly. The assessment of the implementation potential, the feasibility and transferability demonstrate the music intervention can be implemented in local setting. An evidence-based guideline based on the reviewed papers is developed to use in local HK hospitals or nursing homes. With the
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Zhao, Wenhong. "Knowledge, attitudes, and policy recommendations of healthcare professionals and expectations of family carers for dementia care in China." Thesis, Griffith University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/410148.

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Background Dementia is a condition that is estimated to have affected over 50 million individuals globally in 2019. China has the most significant number of people with dementia worldwide, with the prevalence of dementia for people aged 65 and over at 5.6% in 2019. Although the Chinese government has made efforts to establish a three-tier long-term care system (i.e., home care, community care, and institutional care), the undeveloped care system in China cannot meet the rapidly increasing needs of people with dementia. Currently, the health care system in China is composed of three tiers: tie
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Spears, Michelle Monique. "Nonpharmacological Behavioral Interventions for Patients with Dementia: An Integrative Literature Review." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5658.

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The use of antipsychotic medications in older adults with dementia increases risk of mortality; therefore, it is critical that nurses use nonpharmacological interventions in dementia care. The nurses' role is integral to implementation of treatment strategies to dementia patients and efforts to improve care in patients with dementia using a nonpharmacological approach are necessary. Therefore, guidelines outlining nonpharmacologic dementia care management will enable nurses to provide a wider spectrum of care to dementia patients. The purpose of this project was to make recommendations for the
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