A mixed method study exploring gender differences in dementia caregiving.

Few studies have investigated the experience of male carers of people with dementia and fewer specifically examined whether male and female carers of people with dementia differ in their approach to the caring role. As such, this research set-out to investigate whether male carers of people with dementia approach the caring role differently to female carers. Data from 167 survey participants (24 males and 143 females) were analysed using a mixed research methodology.

Discrepancies Between Community-Dwelling Individuals with Dementia and Their Proxies in Completing the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia: A Secondary Data Analysis.

Background: Depressive symptoms are common in people with dementia.

Purpose: This study examined the discrepancies in the ratings of depressive symptoms between people with dementia and their family caregivers, and the extent to which these discrepancies varied according to the functional status of people with dementia.

Participants And Methods: This study is a cross-sectional secondary analysis.

Bridging the gap between clinical trials and community care: Translating a memory group for older people with mild cognitive impairment into a community-based organisation.

Objectives: Older people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are seeking interventions for maintaining independence. This study investigates the feasibility of translating a research-evaluated memory group (LaTCH) into a community-based organisation by evaluating the experiences of clients and trained staff.

Methods: Dementia Australia staff trained as facilitators of memory groups for 274 people with MCI and families.

Increasing Psychiatric Rehabilitation Knowledge in a Supported Housing Setting: Pre- and Posttest Analysis.

The current study investigated the effectiveness of a state-wide Community Support Services training grounded in work-based learning to improve knowledge about psychiatric rehabilitation principles and skills. Supervisory staff and direct care staff in supported housing settings completed a 17-item, multiple choice, preand posttest after attending a 48-hour training series. Results indicated that participants gained psychiatric rehabilitation knowledge.

Work-based learning: A training model for state wide system changes.

Topic: Despite the substantial amount of money invested in staff training each year, many people trained fail to transfer what they learn to the workplace. We document a training initiative that was implemented to develop and maintain a competent workforce.

Purpose: A work-based learning (WBL) model was used as a guide to teach the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively deliver psychiatric rehabilitation services.

Lessons learned about primary weight maintenance and secondary weight maintenance: results from a qualitative study.

Background: Obesity is now a worldwide problem and Ireland is no exception with approximately two thirds of the adult population now overweight or obese. A recent report has found that 53% of Irish adults aged 50 years and over are classified as centrally obese and at substantially increased risk of metabolic complications. While most studies investigating weight maintenance have been conducted on those who have managed to lose weight and/or achieved weight loss maintenance (secondary weight maintainers), few studies have been undertaken to understand the attitudes, behaviours, motivations and strategies of those who maintain their weight within normal weight ranges over their lifetime, so called primary weight maintainers.

The relationship between hope and symptoms.

Objective: Hope is a critical aspect of the recovery process for persons with serious mental illnesses. The goal of this pilot study was to assess the relationship between hope and symptoms for a cohort of individuals with mental illnesses receiving supported employment services.

Method: A total of 74 participants enrolled in supported employment were assessed on their level of hopefulness, hopelessness and psychiatric symptoms.

Reductive activation of nitrate reductases.

Protein film voltammetry of Paracoccus pantotrophus respiratory nitrate reductase (NarGH) and Synechococcus elongatus assimilatory nitrate reductase (NarB) shows that reductive activation of these enzymes may be required before steady state catalysis is observed. For NarGH complementary spectroscopic studies suggest a structural context for the activation. Catalytic protein film voltammetry at a range of temperatures has allowed quantitation of the activation energies for nitrate reduction.

Structural dynamics of the membrane translocation domain of colicin E9 and its interaction with TolB.

In order for the 61 kDa colicin E9 protein toxin to enter the cytoplasm of susceptible cells and kill them by hydrolysing their DNA, the colicin must interact with the outer membrane BtuB receptor and Tol translocation pathway of target cells. The translocation function is located in the N-terminal domain of the colicin molecule. (1)H, (1)H-(1)H-(15)N and (1)H-(13)C-(15)N NMR studies of intact colicin E9, its DNase domain, minimal receptor-binding domain and two N-terminal constructs containing the translocation domain showed that the region of the translocation domain that governs the interaction of colicin E9 with TolB is largely unstructured and highly flexible.