Living well with dementia: a systematic review and correlational meta-analysis of factors associated with quality of life, well-being and life satisfaction in people with …

A Martyr, SM Nelis, C Quinn, YT Wu… - Psychological …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Current policy emphasises the importance of 'living well'with dementia, but there has been
no comprehensive synthesis of the factors related to quality of life (QoL), subjective well …

Music‐based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia

JT Van der Steen, HJA Smaling… - Cochrane database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Dementia is a clinical syndrome with a number of different causes which is
characterised by deterioration in cognitive, behavioural, social and emotional functions …

The prognosis of dementia with Lewy bodies

C Mueller, C Ballard, A Corbett, D Aarsland - The Lancet Neurology, 2017 - thelancet.com
Dementia with Lewy bodies is the second most common form of neurodegenerative
dementia, yet scarce evidence is available about its prognosis and natural history, which are …

Quality of life in dementia: a systematically conducted narrative review of dementia-specific measurement scales

A Bowling, G Rowe, S Adams, P Sands… - Aging & mental …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: Ascertaining the quality of life (QoL) in people with dementia is important for
evaluating service outcomes and cost-effectiveness. This paper identifies QoL measures for …

Viewing and making art together: a multi-session art-gallery-based intervention for people with dementia and their carers

PM Camic, V Tischler, CH Pearman - Aging & mental health, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: This is the first known study that sought to understand the experience of an eight-
week art-gallery-based interventionoffered at two distinctly different galleries for people with …

Health‐related quality‐of‐life scales in Parkinson's disease: critique and recommendations

P Martinez‐Martin, M Jeukens‐Visser… - Movement …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Health‐related quality of life is an important patient‐reported outcome used in intervention
trials and for monitoring the consequences of health status on physical, mental, and social …

Factors associated with quality of life of people with dementia in long-term care facilities: a systematic review

HC Beerens, SMG Zwakhalen, H Verbeek… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Quality of life has become an important outcome measure in dementia
research. Currently there is no convincing evidence about which factors are associated with …

Dementia worry: A psychological examination of an unexplored phenomenon

EM Kessler, CE Bowen, M Baer, L Froelich… - European Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
According to recent surveys, dementia worry (DW) is a widespread phenomenon in mid-life
and old age, at least in Western populations. DW has been shown to be only loosely related …

Change in quality of life in older people with dementia participating in Paro‐activity: A cluster‐randomized controlled trial

N Jøranson, I Pedersen, AMM Rokstad… - Journal of advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aim of this study was to investigate effects of robot‐assisted group activity with Paro
on quality of life in older people with dementia. Background Nursing home residents with …

Does a 'Singing Together Group'improve the quality of life of people with a dementia and their carers? A pilot evaluation study

PM Camic, CM Williams, F Meeten - Dementia, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Ten people with dementia (PWD) and their family carers participated in a Singing Together
Group for 10 weeks and measures of mood, quality of life, PWD's behavioural and …