Social interaction of people living with dementia in residential long-term care: an ecological momentary assessment study.

Background: The importance of social health is increasingly recognized in dementia research. For most people living with dementia, their social environment changes as the disease progresses, especially when they move into a long-term care facility. However, maintaining social interactions in the new living environment contributes significantly to health and quality of life.

Attitudes of Nursing Home Managers Regarding Cognitively Stimulating Activities in People With Dementia: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study.

Introduction: Group-based cognitive stimulation has shown short-term benefits for the cognitive outcomes of people with dementia living in nursing homes (NH). However, group participation can be a barrier for people with advanced dementia, bedridden people or isolated people. The CogStim24 project seeks to develop and implement a new psychosocial intervention based on cognitively stimulating (CS) activities integrated into daily nursing care.

Cognitive stimulation for people with dementia in nursing homes: a protocol for a feasibility study examining a new 24/7 approach (CogStim24).

Introduction: Based on the available evidence, cognitive stimulation is recommended as an intervention for people with dementia (PwD). Currently, cognitive stimulation is regularly offered as a group programme in care facilities. However, some residents, such as those who are bedridden, cannot participate.

[Evidence-based practice in Bachelor of Nursing programmes in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland: A survey of general conditions, teaching content and methods].

Background/aim: Evidence-based practice (EBP) provides an important basis for improving both the quality of care and patient safety. Formulating a research question, searching the literature, and critical appraisal are crucial to developing evidence-based practice. The aim of this survey was to provide an overview of how these topics are integrated into bachelor's degree programs in nursing in Austria, Germany, and the German-speaking part of Switzerland.

[Critical care nurses' decision-making regarding verification of blindly inserted gastric tubes: A cross-sectional questionnaire study].

Critical care nurses' decision-making regarding verification of blindly inserted gastric tubes: A cross-sectional questionnaire study The placement and verification of the correct position of blindly applied gastric tubes is regularly performed by nurses in clinical practice. International guidelines recommend a radiological verification as a "first-line" method or if pH measurement is not possible. For Germany, neither evidence-based recommendations nor current data are available.

Item distribution, internal consistency and structural validity of the German language person-centred climate questionnaire - staff version (PCQ-G-S): a cross-sectional study.

Background: Person-centredness is considered as best practice for people living with dementia. A frequently used instrument to assess person-centredness of a care environment is the Person-centred Climate Questionnaire (PCQ). The questionnaire comprises of 14 items with the three subscales a climate of safety, a climate of everydayness and a climate of community.

Intervention for sleep problems in nursing home residents with dementia: a cluster-randomized study.

Objective: To reduce sleep problems in people living with dementia using a multi-component intervention.

Design: Cluster-randomized controlled study with two parallel groups and a follow-up of 16 weeks.

Setting: Using external concealed randomization, 24 nursing homes (NH) were allocated either to the intervention group (IG, 12 clusters, 126 participants) or the control group (12 clusters, 116 participants).

Expanded nursing roles to promote person-centred care for people with cognitive impairment in acute care (ENROLE-acute): study protocol for a controlled clinical trial, process and economic evaluation.

Background: For people with cognitive impairment, hospitalisation is challenging and associated with adverse events as well as negative outcomes resulting in a prolonged hospital stay. Person-centred care can improve the quality of care and the experience of people with cognitive impairment during hospitalisation. However, current care processes in German hospitals are rarely person-centred.

Nurse-based counselling on thirst in patients with advanced chronic heart failure : Study protocol for a pilot before-after study and process evaluation.

Background: Many patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) are critically ill and experience increased thirst. Study aims are to develop and evaluate a nurse-based counselling intervention to promote self-care competencies related to thirst in hospitalised patients with advanced CHF eligible or listed for heart transplantation.

Methods: A mixed-methods approach will be adapted with three study phases: (1) development of the nurse-based counselling intervention, (2) feasibility testing and training of nurses, and (3) implementation of the intervention and, evaluation of initial effects and process measures.

Evolution of advanced practice nursing in acute care in Germany: A cross-sectional study of nurses' scope of practice.

Aim: To describe activities and professional characteristics of nurses in expanded roles in acute care in Germany and achieve a greater understanding of the current situation of advanced practice nursing.

Background: Advanced practice nursing plays an important role in meeting increased demands in healthcare and promoting high-quality care.

Introduction: In Germany, advanced practice nursing is still at an early stage with a lack of studies describing the scope of practice of nurses in expanded roles.

[Prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms of people with dementia in long-term care units: A secondary analysis].

Prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms of people with dementia in long-term care units: A secondary analysis In a progress of dementia, most people develop neuropsychiatric symptoms. However, there is little knowledge about the prevalence of these symptoms and their specific characteristics in long-term care. A differentiated investigation of the prevalence and characteristics of neuropsychiatric symptoms in people with dementia in a long-term care setting.

Attitudes and knowledge of nurses working at night and sleep promotion in nursing home residents: multicenter cross-sectional survey.

Background: Sleep disturbances are common in nursing home residents and challenging for their nurses. Knowledge about sleep and sleep promoting factors is essential to provide adequate sleep management, where nurses play a key role. Therefore, nurses' knowledge and attitudes towards sleep and sleep promoting interventions is important as enabling or inhibiting factor for successful sleep management.

Item distribution, scalability and internal consistency of the QUALIDEM quality of life assessment for patients with dementia in acute hospital settings.

Background: Quality of life (QoL) of people with dementia (PwD) is an important indicator of quality of care. Studying the impact of acute hospital settings on PwD's QoL requires assessment instruments that consider environmental factors. Until now, dementia-specific QoL instruments have not yet demonstrated their feasibility in acute hospitals because their use takes up too much time or their validity depends on observation periods that usually exceed the average length of hospital stays.

[Role understanding of expert nurses in primary and acute care in Germany: A descriptive cross-sectional study].

Role understanding of expert nurses in primary and acute care in Germany: A descriptive cross-sectional study Innovative care concepts are necessary to cope with the increase in complex care situations due to a rising number of older people with chronic diseases and a simultaneous shortage of nursing and medical staff. In the context of the implementation and development of new, innovative nursing roles, an unclear role understanding is considered a barrier. Description of expert nurses' (EN) role understanding in primary and acute care in Germany.

Non-pharmacological interventions for sleep disturbances in people with dementia.

Background: Sleep disturbances occur frequently in people with dementia with a reported prevalence of up to 40%. Common problems are increased number and duration of awakenings and increased percentage of light sleep. Sleep disturbances are associated with a number of problems for people with dementia, their relatives, and carers.

Evaluation of a multi-component, non-pharmacological intervention to prevent and reduce sleep disturbances in people with dementia living in nursing homes (MoNoPol-sleep): study protocol for a cluster-randomized exploratory trial.

Background: Sleep problems are highly prevalent in people with dementia. Nevertheless, there is no "gold standard" intervention to prevent or reduce sleep problems in people with dementia. Existing interventions are characterized by a pronounced heterogeneity as well as insufficient knowledge about the possibilities and challenges of implementation.

Nurses' burden caused by sleep disturbances of nursing home residents with dementia: multicenter cross-sectional study.

Background: Sleep disturbances are common in people with dementia. In nursing homes, this is frequently associated with residents' challenging behavior and potentially with nurses' burden. This study examined nurses' burden associated with nursing home residents' sleep disturbances.