Buurman, Bianca M., Parlevliet, Juliette L., van Deelen, Bob A. J., de Haan, Rob J., de Rooij, Sophia E.

Background: Older patients are at high risk for poor outcomes after acute hospital admission. The mortality rate in these patients is approximately 20%, whereas 30% of the survivors decline in their level of activities of daily living (ADL) functioning three months after hospital discharge. Most diseases and geriatric conditions that contribute to poor outcomes could […]

Holle, Rolf, Grässel, Elmar, Ruckdäschel, Stefan, Wunder, Sonja, Mehlig, Hilmar, Marx, Peter, Pirk, Olaf, Butzlaff, Martin, Kunz, Simone, Lauterberg, Jörg

Background: Current guidelines for dementia care recommend the combination of drug therapy with non-pharmaceutical measures like counselling and social support. However, the scientific evidence concerning non-pharmaceutical interventions for dementia patients and their informal caregivers remains inconclusive. Targets of modern comprehensive dementia care are to enable patients to live at home as long and as independent […]

Donath, Carolin, Grässel, Elmar, Grossfeld-Schmitz, Maria, Menn, Petra, Lauterberg, Jörg, Wunder, Sonja, Marx, Peter, Ruckdäschel, Stephan, Mehlig, Hilmar, Holle, Rolf

Background: More than 90% of dementia patients are cared for by their general practitioners, who are decisively involved in the diagnosis, therapy and recommendation of support services.; Objective: To test whether special training of general practitioners alters the care of dementia patients through their systematic recommendation of caregiver counseling and support groups.; Method: 129 general […]

MacNeil Vroomen, Janet, Van Mierlo, Lisa D., van de Ven, Peter M., Bosmans, Judith E, van den Dungen, Pim, Meiland, Franka J. M., Dröes, Rose-Marie, Moll van Charante, Eric P., van der Horst, Henriëtte E, de Rooij, Sophia E., van Hout, Hein P.J.

Background: Dementia care in the Netherlands is shifting from fragmented, ad hoc care to more coordinated and personalised care. Case management contributes to this shift. The linkage model and a combination of intensive case management and joint agency care models were selected based on their emerging prominence in the Netherlands. It is unclear if these […]