Dementia prevention, intervention, and care

G Livingston, A Sommerlad, V Orgeta, SG Costafreda… - The lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Acting now on dementia prevention, intervention, and care will vastly
improve living and dying for individuals with dementia and their families, and in doing so …

Causes of nursing home placement for older people with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Toot, T Swinson, M Devine, D Challis… - International …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Background: Up to half of people with dementia in high income countries live in nursing
homes and more than two-thirds of care home residents have dementia. Fewer than half of …

Adverse drug reactions in special populations–the elderly

EA Davies, MS O'mahony - British journal of clinical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The International Conference on Harmonization considers older people a 'special
population', as they differ from younger adults in terms of comorbidity, polypharmacy …

Restoring trust: COVID-19 and the future of long-term care in Canada

CA Estabrooks, SE Straus, CM Flood, J Keefe… - Facets, 2020 - facetsjournal.com
The Royal Society of Canada Task Force on COVID-19 was formed in April 2020 to provide
evidence-informed perspectives on major societal challenges in response to and recovery …

What is the current state of care for older people with dementia in general hospitals? A literature review

J Dewing, S Dijk - Dementia, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper summarises a literature review focusing on the literature directly pertaining to the
acute care of older people with dementia in general hospitals from 2007 onwards. Following …

Multimorbidity—older adults need health care that can count past one

S Banerjee - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
4 Lawn J, Segre J, Buekens P, et al. Case study: antenatal corticosteroids for the reduction
of deaths in preterm babies. Working paper prepared for the United Nations Commission on …

Rights in mind: Thinking differently about dementia and disability

T Shakespeare, H Zeilig, P Mittler - Dementia, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this paper is to argue for the utility of a relational model of disability, as a way of
conceptualizing dementia. We explore whether dementia should be considered as a …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of sensory, psychological and behavioural interventions for managing agitation in older …

G Livingston, L Kelly, E Lewis-Holmes… - Health Technology …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Agitation is common, persistent and distressing in dementia and is linked
with care breakdown. Psychotropic medication is often ineffective or harmful, but the …

Implications for public health research of models and theories of disability: a scoping study and evidence synthesis

MJ Berghs, KM Atkin, HM Graham, C Hatton, C Thomas - 2016 - eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
Implications for public health research of models and theories of disability : a scoping study
and evidence synthesis Page 1 This is a repository copy of Implications for public health …

Evidence-based guidelines for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in low-and middle-income countries: summary of WHO recommendations

T Dua, C Barbui, N Clark, A Fleischmann… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
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and Middle-Income Countries: Summary of WHO Recommendations | PLOS Medicine Skip to …