Factors that affect quality of life from the perspective of people with dementia: a metasynthesis

HM O'rourke, W Duggleby, KD Fraser… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To comprehensively and systematically identify, appraise, and synthesize
qualitative research findings on factors that affect quality of life from the perspective of …

Ageism in the Mental Health Setting

E Dix, L Van Dyck, S Adeyemo, M Blazek… - Current Psychiatry …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This paper summarizes the prevalence, impact, and
presentation of ageism across multiple mental health care settings including inpatient …

Nursing home residents with dementia at end of life: emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and acute hospital deaths

D Salaj, T Schultz, P Strang - Journal of palliative medicine, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Background: Most nursing home (NH) residents do not benefit from health care at an
emergency room (ER) or inpatient care at an emergency hospital during the end-of-life …

The association between the physical environment and the well‐being of older people in residential care facilities: A multilevel analysis

S Nordin, K McKee, H Wijk, M Elf - Journal of Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To investigate the associations between the quality of the physical environment and
the psychological and social well‐being of older people living in residential care facilities …

Helpful approaches to older people experiencing mental health problems: a critical review of models of mental health care

P Biering - European Journal of Ageing, 2019 - Springer
Despite growing concerns for the mental health of the older generation most studies focus
on mental health care for younger people and there is a lack of knowledge about helpful …

[HTML][HTML] Developing a conceptual framework for an age-friendly health system: a scoping review

B Karami, A Ostad-Taghizadeh… - … Journal of Health …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Population aging is usually associated with increased health care needs.
Developing an age-friendly health system with special features, structure, and functions to …

[PDF][PDF] QUALIDEM User Guide

MN Dichter, TP Ettema, CGG Schwab… - Witten/Amsterdam …, 2016 - researchgate.net
QUALIDEM User Guide Page 1 1 QUALIDEM User Guide Martin N. Dichter Teake P. Ettema
Christian GG Schwab Gabriele Meyer Sabine Bartholomeyczik Margareta Halek Rose-Marie …

Item distribution, internal consistency and inter-rater reliability of the German version of the QUALIDEM for people with mild to severe and very severe dementia

MN Dichter, CGG Schwab, G Meyer, S Bartholomeyczik… - BMC geriatrics, 2016 - Springer
Background The QUALIDEM is a dementia-specific Quality of life (Qol) instrument that is
recommended for longitudinal studies and advanced stages of dementia. Our study aimed to …

The effects of psychotherapy on reducing depression in residential aged care: A meta-analytic review

RA Cody, K Drysdale - Clinical Gerontologist, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Published and unpublished randomized controlled trials of psychotherapeutic treatments for
depression in residential aged care were systematically reviewed. A medium effect size was …

Why do staff and family think differently about quality of life in dementia? A qualitative study exploring perspectives in care homes

S Robertson, C Cooper, J Hoe, K Lord… - … journal of geriatric …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Quality of life is important especially in incurable illness. In dementia, we often
need proxy reports of quality of life, but we know little about how individuals make their …