Challenges associated with physical assessments for people living with dementia: Modifying standard assessment protocols

Designing a supportive living environment for older people with dementia

The vast majority of older adults want to remain living independently at home, with or without a sufficient amount of professional home care, even when overall health is starting to decline. The ageing of society and the increase in the number of very old elders goes together with an increase in the number of people with dementia. There are currently about 6 million -mainly olderpeople with dem...

Identifying Existing, Accessible Touchscreen Games for People Living with Dementia

A literature-based intervention for older people living with dementia.

BACKGROUND While several studies have explored the impact of literature and reading on mental health, there has been relatively little work done on how a literature-based intervention might impact on the behaviours of those living with dementia. The present report addresses the effect that a specific literature-based intervention - Get into Reading, designed and practised by national charity Th...

Priorities for people living with dementia: education, counseling, research

Hearing the voices of people living with dementia assists in a better understanding of their experiences. This understanding can pave the way for improved community-based service delivery such as education and counseling, as well as including them more frequently as research participants. The voices of people living with dementia have not been well represented in research, resulting in very few...

Advance care planning for people with dementia: benefits and challenges.

Advance care planning (ACP) is a process being championed within health and social care, particularly since the publication of the UK Department of Health's 2008 End of Life Care Strategy. However, its implementation in dementia care is yet to be fully realised and can pose significant ethical and legal dilemmas for the generic and specialist workforce, the patient themselves, and their family ...