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A four-stage process for intervention description and guide development of a practice based intervention: refining the Namaste Care intervention implementation specification for people with advanced dementia prior to a feasibility cluster randomised trial
(2019-10-21)
Background Some interventions are developed from practice, and implemented before evidence of effect is determined, or the intervention is fully specified. An example is Namaste Care, a multi-component intervention for ...
Using non-participant observation to uncover mechanisms: insights from a realist evaluation
(2019-08-08)
This article outlines how a realist evaluation of dementia care in hospitals used non-participant observation to support the refinement and testing of mechanisms likely to lead to the use of person-centred care. We found ...
Palliative care for people with dementia living at home: a systematic review of interventions
(2019-07-01)
Background: The European Association for Palliative Care White Paper defined optimal palliative care in dementia based on evidence and expert consensus. Yet, we know little on how to achieve this for people with dementia ...
Improving living and dying for people with advanced dementia living in care homes: a realist review of Namaste Care and other multisensory interventions
(2018-12-06)
Background: Seventy percent of people with advanced dementia live and die in care homes. Multisensory approaches, such as Namaste Care, have been developed to improve the quality of life and dying for people with advanced ...
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 ...