Supporting the "hallway residents": a qualitative descriptive study of staff perspectives on implementing the Namaste Care intervention in long-term care.

Background: Long-term care (LTC) settings are becoming home to an increasing number of people living with advanced or late-stage dementia. Residents living with advanced dementia represent some of society's most vulnerable and socially excluded populations and are thus at an increased risk of social isolation. A multisensory intervention tailored to this population, Namaste Care, has been developed to improve quality of life for residents living with advanced dementia in LTC homes.

Experiences of Families, Staff, Volunteers, and Administrators With Namaste Care for Persons With Advanced Dementia in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes.

Objective: To explore the experiences of the Namaste Care intervention for persons with advanced dementia (ie, moderate and late-stage) in long-term care (LTC).

Design: A qualitative descriptive design was used. Staff Carers (eg, personal support worker, nurse, or activity aide) delivered Namaste Care with the support of volunteers in a small group.

Feasibility and Effects of Namaste Care for Persons with Advanced Dementia in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and effects of the Namaste Care intervention for persons with advanced dementia (ie, moderate and late-stage) in long-term care (LTC) and their family carers.

Design: A pre-posttest study design. Staff carers delivered Namaste Care for residents with the support of volunteers in a small group setting.

A Scoping Review of Personal, Financial, and Environmental Determinants of Mobility Among Older Adults.

Objective: To synthesize available evidence of factors comprising the personal, financial, and environmental mobility determinants and their association with older adults' self-reported and performance-based mobility outcomes.

Data Sources: PubMed, EMBASE, PsychINFO, Web of Science, AgeLine, Sociological Abstract, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature databases search for articles published from January 2000 to December 2021.

Study Section: Using predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria, multiple reviewers independently screened 27,293 retrieved citations from databases, of which 422 articles underwent full-text screening, and 300 articles were extracted.

Cognitive, psychological and social factors associated with older adults' mobility: a scoping review of self-report and performance-based measures.

Although many factors have been associated with mobility among older adults, there is paucity of research that explores the complexity of factors that influence mobility. This review aims to synthesise the available evidence for factors comprising the cognitive, psychological, and social mobility determinants and their associations with mobility self-reported and performance-based outcomes in older adults (60 years). We followed Arksey and O'Malley's five stages of a scoping review and searched PubMed, EMBASE, PsychINFO, Web of Science, AgeLine, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and Sociological Abstract databases.