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Managing diabetes in people with dementia: a realist review
(2017-12-31)
Background: Dementia and diabetes mellitus are common long-term conditions that coexist in a large number of older people. People living with dementia and diabetes may be at increased risk of complications such as hypoglycaemic ...
What works to improve and manage fecal incontinence in care home residents living with dementia? A realist synthesis of the evidence.
(2017-09-01)
The prevalence of faecal incontinence (FI) in care homes is estimated to range from 30% to 50%. There is limited evidence of what is effective in the reduction and management of FI in care homes. Using realist synthesis ...
What works for whom in the management of diabetes in people living with dementia: a realist review
(2017-07-28)
Background: Dementia and diabetes mellitus are common long-term conditions and co-exist in a large number of older people. People living with dementia (PLWD) may be less able to manage their diabetes, putting them at ...
Dementia-friendly interventions to improve the care of people living with dementia admitted to hospitals: a realist review
(2017-07-16)
Objectives: To identify features of programmes and approaches to make healthcare delivery in secondary healthcare settings more dementia friendly, providing a context-relevant understanding of how interventions achieve ...
Core Outcome Measures for interventions to prevent or slow the progress of dementia for people living with mild to moderate dementia: systematic review and consensus recommendations
(2017-06-29)
Background There are no disease-modifying treatments for dementia. There is also no consensus on disease modifying outcomes. We aimed to produce the first evidence-based consensus on core outcome measures for trials of ...
Age-appropriate services for people diagnosed with young onset dementia (YOD): a systematic review
(2017-06-16)
Background: Literature agrees that post-diagnostic services for people living with young onset dementia (YOD) need to be age-appropriate, but there is insufficient evidence of ‘what works’ to inform service design and ...
Care home readiness: a rapid review and consensus workshops on how organisational context affects care home engagement with health care innovation
(NHS England, 2017-03-31)
Summary The NHS Five-Year Forward view recognises that the NHS needs to do more to support older people living with frailty in care homes. This paper presents the findings from a rapid review and consensus events that ...
Supporting people living with dementia and faecal incontinence in care homes
(2017-03-02)
There are approximately 17 500 care homes in the UK which are home to about 487 000 older people, the majority are women aged 80 years or older (Care Quality Commission, 2010). As many as 80% of care home residents may ...
Supporting shared decision-making for older people with multiple health and social care needs: a protocol for a realist synthesis to inform integrated care models
(2017-02-07)
Introduction: Including the patient or user perspective is a central organising principle of integrated care. Moreover, there is increasing recognition of the importance of strengthening relationships among patients, carers ...