Harwood, Rowan H., Goldberg, Sarah E., Whittamore, Kathy H., Russell, Catherine, Gladman, John Rf, Jones, Rob G., Porock, Davina, Lewis, Sarah A., Bradshaw, Lucy E., Elliot, Rachel A.

Background: Patients with delirium and dementia admitted to general hospitals have poor outcomes, and their carers report poor experiences. We developed an acute geriatric medical ward into a specialist Medical and Mental Health Unit over an eighteen month period. Additional specialist mental health staff were employed, other staff were trained in the ‘person-centred’ dementia care […]

Kurz, Alexander, Wagenpfeil, Stefan, Hallauer, Johannes, Schneider-Schelte, Helga, Jansen, Sabine

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of a practical, easily implemented, educational intervention in group format for informal carers of persons with dementia.; Methods: Multi-centre, randomised, controlled, single-blind trial involving 292 family caregivers of patients with moderate dementia in Alzheimer’s disease.; Results: Participants valued program components which had a practical impact on their caring role. The […]

Seitz, Dallas P., Gill, Sudeep S., Bell, Chaim M., Austin, Peter C., Gruneir, Andrea, Anderson, Geoff M., Rochon, Paula A.

Objectives: To examine the association between anesthetic technique and postoperative complications in older adults with dementia undergoing hip fracture surgery.; Design: Population-based, retrospective cohort study.; Setting: Ontario, Canada.; Participants: All older adults with dementia who underwent surgery for hip fracture repair in Ontario, Canada, between April 1, 2003 and March 31, 2011.; Measurements: The baseline […]

Rolland, Yves, Andrieu, Sandrine, Crochard, Anne, Goni, Sylvia, Hein, Christophe, Vellas, Bruno

Objectives: To quantify transitions of residents into or out of nursing homes (NHs) and to describe psychotropic drug prescription at admission and discharge and with regard to dementia diagnosis.; Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional, noninterventional study.; Setting: The setting included 300 NH in France.; Participants: Participants included 2231 NH residents.; Measurements: Participants reported the number, origin, […]

Fortinsky, Richard H., Kulldorff, Martin, Kleppinger, Alison, Kenyon-Pesce, Lisa

Objective: The primary objective is to report on the efficacy of an individualized dementia care consultation intervention for family caregivers of patients with diagnosed dementia living in the community. The secondary objective is to present evidence on the intervention process to inform the feasibility and sustainability of the model featuring collaboration between primary care physicians […]