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Alzheimers Dement
December 2024
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Background: Long-term care (LTC) home residents may be isolated or lonely. Social connection is important for their physical, mental and cognitive health, quality of life and care. However, measuring social connection in LTC residents is challenging and there are no existing measures with adequately established psychometric properties.
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December 2024
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Background: MATCH (Music Attuned Technology - Care via eHealth) is a music and health application that supports caregivers of people living with dementia to use music strategically to better manage care through virtual training and intuitive music technology. This study trialled a prototype version of the MATCH app with family caregivers and people with dementia residing in the community.
Method: 16 Dyads trialled the prototype MATCH app.
Alzheimers Dement
December 2024
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Background: Caring for nursing home residents with dementia can be challenging. Staff who work in nursing homes tend to have high staff turnover. In order to help with staff retention, there needs to be an understanding of the job role.
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December 2024
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on healthcare, contributing to a mass exodus of the workforce. This poses a concern for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) care, which benefits from consistent care routine and staff that know the resident. Therefore, it is important to understand nursing home staff perspectives on maintaining high staff morale, which impacts recruitment, retention, and care quality.
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December 2024
Centre for Research in Aging - Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Background: Screening for elder abuse can cause victims to experience feelings of unpleasantness and/or relive painful memories which can be an ethical concern. Ensuring the safety of all participants/users, in our case long-term care (LTC) residents, is of the utmost importance.
Method: Drawing from approaches used in the intimate partner violence and clinical trials literature, we developed a novel typology of harm and a series of procedures to evaluate any negative consequences that might be incurred as a result of participating in the Piloting the Elder Abuse Suspicion Index-long term care: A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study.
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