Kaisey, Marwa, Mittman, Brian, Pearson, Marjorie, Connor, Karen I., Chodosh, Joshua, Vassar, Stefanie D., Nguyen, France T., Vickrey, Barbara G.

Objective: Care management approaches have been proven to improve outcomes for patients with dementia and their family caregivers (dyads). However, acceptance of services in these programs is incomplete, impacting effectiveness. Acceptance may be related to dyad as well as healthcare system characteristics, but knowledge about factors associated with program acceptance is lacking. This study investigates […]

Meeuwsen, E. J., German, P., Melis, R. J. F., Adang, E. M., Golüke-Willemse, G. A., Krabbe, P. F., de Leest, B. J., van Raak, F. H. J. M., Schölzel-Dorenbos, C. J. M., Visser, M. C., Wolfs, C. A., Vliek, S., Rikkert, M. G. M. Olde

Background: With the rising number of dementia patients with associated costs and the recognition that there is room for improvement in the provision of dementia care, the question arises on how to efficiently provide high quality dementia care.; Objective: To describe the design of a study to determine multidisciplinary memory clinics’ (MMC) effectiveness and cost-effectiveness […]

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 […]

van der Kooij, C., Droes, R., de Lange, J., Ettema, T., Cools, H., van Tilburg, W.

Background: Successful implementation is a vital precondition for investigating the outcome of care innovation. This study concerned the evaluation of the implementation of integrated emotion-oriented care (IEOC) in psychogeriatric nursing home wards. The main question was whether the trained caregivers actually applied the knowledge and techniques of IEOC during their daily work.; Methods: The study […]

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 […]