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Improving person-centred care in nursing homes through dementia-care mapping: design of a cluster-randomised controlled trial
van de Ven, Geertje,
Draskovic, Irena,
Adang, Eddy M. M.,
Donders, Rogier A. R. T.,
Post, Aukje,
Zuidema, Sytse U.,
Koopmans, Raymond T. C. M.,
Vernooij-Dassen, Myrra J. F. J.
Background: The effectiveness and efficiency of nursing-home dementia care are suboptimal: there are high rates of neuropsychiatric symptoms among the residents and work-related stress among the staff. Dementia-care mapping is a person-centred care method that may alleviate both the resident and the staff problems. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness […]
Predictors of acceptance of offered care management intervention services in a quality improvement trial for dementia
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 […]
The benefits of implementing a computerized intervention-management-system (IMS) on delivering integrated dementia care in the primary care setting
Eichler, Tilly,
Thyrian, Jochen René,
Fredrich, Daniel,
Kohler, Leonore,
Wucherer, Diana,
Michalowsky, Bernhard,
Dreier, Adina,
Hoffmann, Wolfgang
Background: A computerized Intervention-Management-System (IMS) has been developed and implemented to facilitate dementia care management. IMS is a rule-based expert decision support system that matches individual patient characteristics to a computerized knowledge base. One of the most important functionalities of IMS is to support the compilation of the individual intervention plan by systematically identifying unmet […]
Non-pharmacological management of behavioural symptoms of dementia
This article describes a 6-month pilot project in which a community mental health team provided a dementia inreach service into 4 care homes in Birmingham, UK. The project included analysis of the impact of the service at the end of the project as well as a literature review of dementia care in care homes, and […]
Implementatie, effecten en kosten van casemanagement voor mensen met dementie en hun mantelzorgers: Beschrijving van de COMPAS studie. = Comparing case management care models for people with dementia and their caregivers: The design of the COMPAS study
van Hout, H. P. J.,
Macneil Vroomen, J. L.,
Van Mierlo, L. D.,
Meiland, F. J. M.,
Moll van Charante, E. P.,
Joling, K. J.,
van den Dungen, P.,
Dröes, R. M.,
van der Horst, H. E.,
de Rooij, S. E. J. A.
Background: Dementia care in The Netherlands is shifting from fragmented, ad hoc care to more coordinated and personalized 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 […]
Comparing Dutch case management care models for people with dementia and their caregivers: The design of the COMPAS study.
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 […]
The UP-TECH project, an intervention to support caregivers of Alzheimer’s disease patients in Italy: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Chiatti, Carlos,
Masera, Filippo,
Rimland, Joseph M.,
Cherubini, Antonio,
Scarpino, Osvaldo,
Spazzafumo, Liana,
Lattanzio, Fabrizia
Background: The epidemic of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) represents a significant challenge for the health care and social service systems of many developed countries. AD affects both patients and family caregivers, on whom the main burden of care falls, putting them at higher risk of stress, anxiety, mortality and lower quality of life. Evidence remains controversial […]
Life- and person-centred help in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany (DelpHi): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Thyrian, Jochen René,
Fiß, Thomas,
Dreier, Adina,
Böwing, Georgia,
Angelow, Aniela,
Lueke, Sven,
Teipel, Stefan,
Fleßa, Steffen,
Grabe, Hans Jörgen,
Freyberger, Harald Jürgen,
Hoffmann, Wolfgang
Background: The provision of appropriate medical and nursing care for people with dementia is a major challenge for the healthcare system in Germany. New models of healthcare provision need to be developed, tested and implemented on the population level. Trials in which collaborative care for dementia in the primary care setting were studied have demonstrated […]
Dementia care management: going new ways in ambulant dementia care within a GP-based randomized controlled intervention trial
Eichler, Tilly,
Thyrian, Jochen René,
Dreier, Adina,
Wucherer, Diana,
Kohler, Leonore,
Fiß, Thomas,
Böwing, Georgia,
Michalowsky, Bernhard,
Hoffmann, Wolfgang
Background: Increasing prevalence of dementia is a major challenge for the German healthcare system. The study DelpHi-MV (“Dementia: life- and person-centered help in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania”) aims to implement and evaluate an innovative subsidiary support system for persons with dementia (PwDs) living at home and their caregivers.; Methods: DelpHi-MV is a GP-based cluster randomized controlled intervention […]