Psychological support for people with dementia: A preliminary study

Care Providers' Experiences of Psychological Support for People with Cancer: A Content Analysis Study

Background and Aim: Psychological support is one of the main components of care for cancer patients.  For many years, this issue has been emphasized in the literature and practice of care providers. This study aimed at exploring the experiences and perception of care-providers about psychological support in for cancer patients. Materials and Methods: The research was conventional qualitative c...

Dementia Praecox. A Psychological Study

Support for carers of people with dementia during hospital admission.

The aim of this study was to help develop support services for carers of people with dementia on admission to a district general hospital. Qualitative methodology was used in the form of individual semistructured interviews. These interviews suggest that service developments need to take into account the individual need of each carer. Identified themes included communication, vulnerability of t...

RemoDem: Delivering support for people with dementia in remote areas.

RemoDem aimed to develop, test and evaluate services for people with dementia in remote areas of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Sweden and Scotland. Formative and summative evaluation used a flexible research design including collection of baseline data, interviews and focus groups with key informants and data relating to service users, i.e. people with dementia and their carers. Challenges for ...

Physical activity for people with dementia: a scoping study

BACKGROUND This scoping study aimed to identify how physical activity may benefit people with dementia; how and/or if current service provide these benefits; and what support they need to do so. METHODS Methods included an evidence review using literature; mapping current service provision through a survey; and in-depth interviews with a sample of service providers. RESULTS The 26 studies i...