Informal care for people with dementia in Europe.

Introduction: Informal care estimates for use in health-economic models are lacking. We aimed to estimate the association between informal care time and dementia symptoms across Europe.

Methods: A secondary analysis was performed on 13,529 observations in 5,369 persons from 9 European pooled cohort or trial studies in community-dwelling persons with dementia.

Experiences and needs of residents with dementia in relocating to an innovative living arrangement within long-term care: A qualitative study.

During the last decade, an increasing number of care organizations have chosen to rebuild or build a new care facility to provide better person-environments for residents with dementia. This has inevitably led to an increase in relocations. This study investigated how residents with dementia experienced a relocation from a regular nursing home to an innovative living arrangement.

Which Characteristics are Associated With Going Outside for People Living With Dementia in Nursing Homes? A Cross-Sectional Study.

This cross-sectional study explores the frequency of going outside and characteristics that are associated with going outside for people living with dementia in nursing homes in the Netherlands. A subsample of a national survey in 353 nursing homes was used ( = 693). Two-thirds (66.

Depressive Signs and Daily Life of Residents When Relocating from a Regular to an Innovative Nursing Home.

Objectives: In this study, we examine how residents are affected by moving from a regular nursing home into an innovative living arrangement. In the past decade, a culture change has taken place, leading to rapid developments of innovative living arrangements that aim to change the physical, social, and organizational environment to better suit the needs of older adults needing 24-hour care. This has inevitably led to more group relocations in long-term care.

Palliative care in small-scale living facilities: a scoping review.

Background: Innovative small-scale facilities for dementia focus on providing quality of life and maintaining the functional abilities of residents while offering residents a home for life. To fulfill the home-for-life principle, palliative care approaches are necessary to maintain quality of life in these facilities. Few studies have reported on how palliative care is provided to residents in small-scale facilities.