Caring for persons with Dementia: a qualitative study of the needs of carers following care recipient discharge from hospital.

Background: A randomised clinical trial titled the Carer End of Life Planning Intervention (CELPI) in people dying with dementia evaluated the effect of carer education and support about palliative care on care recipient outcomes. We present a pre-planned qualitative analysis of data collected during the CELPI trial in which needs of carers randomised to the study intervention group were assessed using a novel instrument (Carer Needs Directed Assessment in Dementia (CANDID). This tool aimed to identify carers' perceptions of their own and their care-recipients' needs and is an important step in identifying support provision for dementia-specific, palliative cares services upon hospital discharge.

Testing the reliability of the Health Literacy Questionnaire with carers of older adults receiving hospital care.

Objective: To determine the re-test reliability of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) with carers of older adults discharged from hospital or attending the outpatient clinic.

Methods: Carers completed the HLQ twice by telephone and rated the acceptability of completing the tool. Tool completion time was recorded.

The Role of Adult Day Services in Supporting the Occupational Participation of People with Dementia and Their Carers: An Integrative Review.

The increasing numbers of people with dementia places considerable stress on health and aged care services and has resulted in the development of community adult day services. : The aim of this integrative review is to determine the extent to which these services support the occupational participation of people with dementia, and how they impact their primary carers. : The mixed-methods appraisal tool (MMAT) was used to identify relevant studies in the period 2011⁻2016.