Grossfeld-Schmitz, Maria, Donath, Carolin, Holle, Rolf, Lauterberg, Joerg, Ruckdaeschel, Stephan, Mehlig, Hilmar, Marx, Peter, Wunder, Sonja, Grässel, Elmar

Background: Counselling of family members is an established procedure in the support of dementia patients’ relatives. In absence of widespread specialised dementia care services in most countries, however, counselling services are often not taken up or only very late in the course of the disease.; Object: In order to promote acceptance of this service, a […]

Wilcock, Jane, Iliffe, Steve, Griffin, Mark, Jain, Priya, Thuné-Boyle, Ingela, Lefford, Frances, Rapp, David

Background: Early diagnosis of dementia is important because this allows those with dementia and their families to engage support and plan ahead. However, dementia remains underdetected and suboptimally managed in general practice. Our objective was to test the effect of a workplace-based tailored educational intervention developed for general practice on the clinical management of people […]

Meeuwsen, Els, Melis, René, van der Aa, Geert, Golüke-Willemse, Gertie, de Leest, Benoit, van Raak, Frank, Schölzel-Dorenbos, Carla, Verheijen, Desiree, Verhey, Frans, Visser, Marieke, Wolfs, Claire, Adang, Eddy, Olde Rikkert, Marcel

Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of post-diagnosis dementia treatment and coordination of care by memory clinics compared to general practitioners’ care.; Methods: A multicentre randomised trial with 175 community dwelling patients newly diagnosed with mild to moderate dementia, and their informal caregivers, with twelve months’ follow-up. Cost-effectiveness was evaluated from a societal point of view […]

McSweeney, Kate, Jeffreys, Aimee, Griffith, Joanne, Plakiotis, Chris, Kharsas, Renee, O'Connor, Daniel W.

Objective: This cluster randomized controlled trial sought to determine whether multidisciplinary specialist mental health consultation was more effective than care as usual in treating the depression of aged care residents with dementia.; Methods: Three hundred and eighty nine aged care residents were screened for dementia and major depression. Forty four were ultimately included in the […]

Hettinga, Marike, De Boer, Johannes, Goldberg, Eli, Moelaert, Ferial

Community dwelling is a problem for people with dementia. Can GPS route navigation support on a mobile device provide a solution? In a small scale exploratory research with this target group we studied the effects of two different types of audio instructions and assessed the pedestrian safety while operating the device. Methodological issues that limited […]