Robinson, Louise, Bamford, Claire, Briel, Ruth, Spencer, John, Whitty, Paula

Background: Health care professionals are recommended to deliver patient-centered care in dementia; however, guidance and training on how to do this in practice is currently lacking. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate pragmatically an educational intervention for old age psychiatrists to promote patient-centered care in their consultations with people with dementia […]

Verbeek, Hilde, Zwakhalen, Sandra M.G., van Rossum, Erik, Ambergen, Ton, Kempen, Gertrudis I.J.M., Hamers, Jan P.H.

Background: Small-scale, home-like care environments are increasingly implemented in institutional nursing care as a model to promote resident-directed care, although evidence on its effects is sparse. This study focuses on the effects of small-scale living facilities on the behavior of residents with dementia and use of physical restraints and psychotropic drugs. Methods: A quasi-experimental study […]

Edvardsson, David, Sandman, P. O., Borell, Lena

Background: Person-centeredness has had substantial uptake in the academic literature on care of older people and people with dementia. However, challenges exist in interpreting and synthesizing the evidence on effects of providing person-centered care, as the person-centered components of some intervention studies are unclear—targeting very different and highly specific aspects of person-centeredness, as well as […]

Chenoweth, Lynn, Forbes, Ian, Fleming, Richard, King, Madeleine T., Stein-Parbury, Jane, Luscombe, Georgina, Kenny, Patricia, Jeon, Yun-Hee, Haas, Marion, Brodaty, Henry

Background: There is good evidence of the positive effects of person-centered care (PCC) on agitation in dementia. We hypothesized that a person-centered environment (PCE) would achieve similar outcomes by focusing on positive environmental stimuli, and that there would be enhanced outcomes by combining PCC and PCE. Methods: 38 Australian residential aged care homes with scope […]