The experiences of people living with dementia and their care partners participating in an online therapeutic songwriting program

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Friday, December 22, 2023 | Dementia

Dementia, Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 251-271, February 2024. Background and AimDespite the impact of dementia on close care relationships, accessible therapeutic services for people living with dementia and their care partners remain scarce. Further, there is an...

Setting individualised goals for people living with dementia and their family carers: A systematic review of goal-setting outcome measures and their psychometric properties

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Monday, December 18, 2023 | Dementia

Dementia, Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 312-340, February 2024. BackgroundIndividualised goal-setting outcome measures can be a useful way of reflecting people living with dementia and family carers’ differing priorities regarding quality-of-life domains in the highly...

‘A lot of people think it’s just a Mickey Mouse role’: Role ambiguity among dementia support workers within secondary care and community hospital settings

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Friday, December 15, 2023 | Dementia

Dementia, Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 191-209, February 2024. Purpose: Dementia support workers (DSWs) are employed to improve the hospital care for patients living with dementia. An evaluation sought to understand the perspectives and experiences of DSWs and related...

The quality of family relationships in dementia: Mixed methods to unravel mixed feelings

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Friday, December 15, 2023 | Dementia

Dementia, Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 210-233, February 2024. Objective: Close relationships influence health and quality of life outcomes for people with dementia and their families. Yet, we know little on the role of different relationship domains with quantitative...

The dementia severity rating scale: A potential community screening tool for dementia in low- and middle-income countries

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Thursday, December 14, 2023 | Dementia

Dementia, Volume 23, Issue 3, Page 476-492, April 2024. BackgroundThe Dementia Severity Rating Scale (DSRS) is an informant report, dementia staging tool that is quick to administer and has previous been shown to differentiate between people with dementia and healthy...

Strategies and factors to enhance active participation of family caregivers of people with dementia in psychoeducation: A scoping review

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Wednesday, December 13, 2023 | Dementia

Dementia, Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 272-291, February 2024. Psychoeducation with an active participation component is effective in facilitating family caregivers of people living with dementia to learn about the disease and gain relevant caregiving skills. However,...