Intersection between person-centred practice and Montessori for dementia and ageing in residential aged care.

Background: Internationally, person-centred care (PCC) is embedded in the language of regulations and mandated to be practised in residential aged care (RAC). Despite this, PCC has not been fully adopted in RAC in Australia and internationally, and concerns about the quality of care persist. Over the past 2 decades, Montessori for dementia and ageing has been introduced in RAC to support and inform a cultural change towards PCC.

Informal carer support needs, facilitators and barriers in transitional care for older adults from hospital to home: A scoping review.

Aim: To synthesise evidence about informal carers' (carers) experience of their support needs, facilitators and barriers regarding transitional care of older adults with multimorbidity.

Background: Carers provide crucial support for older adults during care transitions. Although health practitioners are well positioned to support carers, system factors including limited healthcare resources can compromise the quality of care transitions.

Search and rescue incidents among persons 65 years and older in the USA: Examination of factors associated with death.

Objectives: Older people are vulnerable to becoming lost from home, especially if alone and in unfamiliar environments. Incidents of older persons becoming lost are frequently reported and often requiring a search and rescue (SAR) response. Becoming lost is distressing to the person concerned, their carer, and family and may result in physical injury and/or death.

Improving communication at NHS Nightingale Hospital North West: Medical updates to next of kin.

Background: The Nightingale North West (NNW) was a UK temporary field hospital set up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Policies and standard operating procedures were undeveloped. Visitors were permitted only in exceptional circumstances, resulting in heightened anxiety for patients and next of kin (NOK).

Strategies to support older adults' mental health during the transition into residential aged care: a qualitative study of multiple stakeholder perspectives.

Background: The move from home into residential care is one of the most stressful life experiences for older adults. 'Relocation stress' is a significant risk factor for anxiety and/or depression in aged care residents. Whether long-term or recently diagnosed, these mood disorders are associated with a decline in overall well-being, daily functioning and independence.