Older people living in care homes should be considered part of the wider local community;
however, little is known about what enables them to connect with people not paid to look …

Abstract Background Namaste Care offers practical skills for healthcare providers,
volunteers, and families to meaningfully engage individuals with dementia in activities (eg …

Background COVID-19 spread rapidly in UK care homes for older people in the early
pandemic. National infection control recommendations included remote resident …

Objectives To examine how people living with dementia at home engage in meaningful
activities, a critical component of quality of life. Design Ethnographic study design using …

Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic magnified pre-existing socioeconomic, operational, and
structural challenges in long-term care across the world. In Canada, the long-term care …

Research has shown that long-term care (LTC) volunteers play important roles in enhancing
the quality of life (QoL) of older LTC residents, often through providing unique forms of …

Healthcare volunteers make important contributions within healthcare settings, including
long-term care. Although some studies conducted in long-term care have shown that …

Abstract Background and Objectives Nonpharmacologic interventions have demonstrated
benefits for people living with dementia and their caregivers. Few studies have evaluated …

This article proposes a new typology between professional and voluntary care, thus seeking
to understand why attempts to establish clear boundaries between them often end in …

摘要针对蒙台梭利法对老年痴呆病人的干预形式与应用效果进行综述, 指出目前蒙台梭利法应用
于痴呆病人的干预研究大多是小样本研究, 且干预时间较短, 缺乏长期效果的评估 …