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Interventions that support the creation of dementia friendly environments in health care : protocol for a realist review
(2015-12-14)
Improving health-care outcomes for people living with dementia when they are admitted to hospital is a policy priority. Dementia friendly interventions in health care promote inclusion of patients and carers in decision-making ...
Contextualizing the findings of a systematic review on patient and carer experiences of dementia diagnosis and treatment : a qualitative study
(2015-10)
Involving service users in the systematic review process is seen as increasingly important. As systematic reviews often include studies from diverse settings and covering a time span of several decades, involving service ...
Multimorbidity and frailty in people with dementia
(2015-09-02)
Many people with dementia have other complex health needs, including comorbidity and frailty. Most models of care focus on single diseases and do not take into account the needs of those with comorbidities and dementia. ...
Reducing and managing faecal incontinence in people with advanced dementia who are resident in care homes : protocol for a realist synthesis
(2015-07-10)
Faecal incontinence (FI) is the involuntary loss of liquid or solid stool that is a social or hygienic problem. The prevalence of FI in residents of care homes is high, but it is not an inevitable consequence of old age ...
Specialist nursing and community support for the carers of people with dementia living at home : an evidence synthesis
(2015-02-16)
Specialist nurses are one way of providing support for family carers of people with dementia, but relatively little is known about what these roles achieve, or if they are more effective than roles that do not require a ...