Impact of digital assistive technologies on the quality of life for people with dementia: a scoping review.

Background: Digital assistive technologies (DATs) have emerged as promising tools to support the daily life of people with dementia (PWD). Current research tends to concentrate either on specific categories of DATs or provide a generic view. Therefore, it is of essence to provide a review of different kinds of DATs and how they contribute to improving quality of life (QOL) for PWD.

Impact of digital assistive technologies on the quality of life for people with dementia: protocol for a scoping review.

Introduction: Digital assistive technologies (eg, applications, wearables and robots) have emerged as promising tools for managing various aspects of daily life, such as basic assistance, encompassing social interaction, memory support, leisure activities, location tracking and health monitoring. In order to understand how these technologies can be utilised for people living with dementia, their impacts must first be reviewed. Currently, there is limited literature available on the topic, usually only focusing on a particular kind of digital assistive technology.

Ethical Issues in Breastfeeding and Lactation Interventions: A Scoping Review.

Background: Infant feeding interventions that promote and support breastfeeding are considered important contributions to global public health. As these interventions often target private settings (e.g.

A critical analysis of national dementia care guidances.

Adopting an ethics and human rights lens, this paper provides a critical analysis of national dementia care guidance from countries ranked highly in providing quality of care towards the end-of-life, including Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. The aim of this paper is to determine areas of consensus and disagreement among guidance and to understand current gaps in research. Overall, studied guidances showed consensus regarding patient empowerment and engagement, promoting independence, autonomy and liberty through; establishing person-centered care plans, providing ongoing care assessment, resources and support to individuals and their family/carers.

Efficacy of Intravenous Clonidine Premedication in the Prevention of Adverse Hemodynamic Changes During Intubation in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Surgery in Comparison with Placebo.

Context: Laparoscopic surgeries involve the creation of pneumoperitoneum, which produces significant hemodynamic changes. Alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonists like clonidine are used as adjuvants during aesthesia for analgesic, sedative, sympatholytic and cardiovascular stabilizing effects.

Aims: This study aims to assess the efficacy of intravenous (i.