Person-centred care of people with severe Alzheimer's disease: current status and ways forward

D Edvardsson, B Winblad, PO Sandman - the Lancet neurology, 2008 - thelancet.com
When caring for people with severe Alzheimer's disease (AD), the concept of the person
being central is increasingly advocated in clinical practice and academia as an approach to …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence and associations of stress and burnout among staff in long-term care facilities for people with dementia

H Costello, S Walsh, C Cooper… - International …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Background: Care home staff stress and burnout may be related to high turnover and
associated with poorer quality care. We systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed studies …

Stressors, job resources, fear of contagion, and secondary traumatic stress among nursing home workers in face of the COVID-19: The case of Spain

LM Blanco-Donoso… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aimed to analyze the psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on
nursing home workers, as well as the influence of certain related stressors and job …

Effects on symptoms of agitation and depression in persons with dementia participating in robot-assisted activity: a cluster-randomized controlled trial

N Jøranson, I Pedersen, AMM Rokstad… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives To examine effects on symptoms of agitation and depression in nursing home
residents with moderate to severe dementia participating in a robot-assisted group activity …

[HTML][HTML] The imperative to reimagine assisted living

S Zimmerman, P Carder, L Schwartz… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - Elsevier
Assisted living (AL) has existed in the United States for decades, evolving in response to
older adults' need for supportive care and distaste for nursing homes and older models of …

Dementia prevalence and care in assisted living

S Zimmerman, PD Sloane, D Reed - Health Affairs, 2014 - healthaffairs.org
Assisted living residences have become prominent sites of long-term residential care for
older adults with dementia. Estimates derived from national data indicate that seven out of …

Development and psychometric validation of the dementia attitudes scale

ML O′ Connor, SH McFadden - International Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This study employed qualitative construct mapping and factor analysis to construct a scale to
measure attitudes toward dementia. Five family caregivers, five professionals, and five …

Long-term care workforce issues: Practice principles for quality dementia care

SD Gilster, M Boltz, JL Dalessandro - The Gerontologist, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Purpose This article is one in a series of articles in this supplement addressing best practice
for quality dementia care. The Alzheimer's Association, in revising their Dementia Care …

Dementia care and quality of life in assisted living and nursing homes

S Zimmerman, PD Sloane, CS Williams… - The …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Purpose: There are few empirical studies relating components of long-term care to quality of
life for residents with dementia. This study relates elements of dementia care in residential …

Formal caregiver burden in dementia: impact of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia and activities of daily living

Y Miyamoto, H Tachimori, H Ito - Geriatric Nursing, 2010 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to identify the impact of the behavioral, psychological, and
functional symptoms of dementia on the burden of formal caregivers. A cross-sectional study …