A Paradigm Shift on Deinstitutionalization and Dementia Care: A Narrative Review.

This narrative explores the impact of deinstitutionalization policies on the quality of life and care outcomes for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. We offer a historical perspective on these policies, their implications on dementia care, and the barriers to deinstitutionalization. The potential benefits of deinstitutionalization, such as improved quality of life and access to community-based support and services, are highlighted.

First steps towards the deinstitutionalization of older adults: A protocol for the implementation of a complex intervention.

Background: Nursing homes are becoming increasingly important as end-of-life care facilities. However, many older adults want to stay in their homes as they age.

Objective: To assess the feasibility of a deinstitutionalization process on selected institutionalized older adults who are willing to initiate the process.

Multimodal home care intervention for dependent older people "Live better at home": Protocol of a randomized clinical trial.

Background: The intensity of the home care interventions for dependent older people offered in Spain may not be sufficient to help keep older people living at home, being the institutionalization in a nursing home (NH) an unavoidable consequence.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of intensification in home care interventions on users with grade II or III dependency, as well as training for their informal caregivers in order to delay or avoid their institutionalization in a NH.

Methods: A randomized clinical trial with two parallel arms and blinded assessment will be conducted at the community level in two municipalities in Catalonia (Spain).

Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in older adults. A retrospective study in long-term nursing homes in Catalonia.

The natural history of COVID-19 and predictors of mortality in older adults need to be investigated to inform clinical operations and healthcare policy planning. A retrospective study took place in 80 long-term nursing homes in Catalonia, Spain collecting data from March 1st to May 31st, 2020. Demographic and clinical data from 2,092 RT-PCR confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection were registered, including structural characteristics of the facilities.

for Older Adults, Where Are We Moving towards?

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[Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and ageism: a narrative review of the literature].

Ageism is defined as stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination towards people due to their age. The present review analyzed the age-related attitudes, and the responses to them, produced during the COVID-19 pandemic. We searched for publications related to ageism during the COVID-19 pandemic in Pubmed, Medline, and Embase.