Pad cultures: An ethnography of continence care and its consequences for people living with dementia during a hospital admission.

Background: There is little research examining how continence care is organised and delivered to people living with dementia across an acute hospital admission, despite the prevalence of this patient population and their vulnerability within these settings.

Objective: To explore how continence care is delivered to people living with dementia during an acute hospital admission.

Design: Ethnographic.

Singing for Wellbeing: Formulating a Model for Community Group Singing Interventions.

Research into the benefits of community-based group singing, pertaining to positive wellbeing and Quality of Life is lacking. Additionally, no preferred theoretical framework exists for community singing-based interventions. For the present study, six members of a were interviewed using a semi-structured interview approach.

Experiences of intimate continence care and the impact on the family dyad relationship for people living at home with dementia and their co-resident family members.

Objectives: The experience of providing/receiving intimate continence care between family members can be difficult and emotive. Often, for people living with dementia this seems an area of care overlooked by professionals. This study investigated the experiences of intimate continence care for people living with dementia and their family member (the family dyad), and whether they viewed this as impacting on their relationship.

Olfactory stimulation for people with dementia: A rapid review.

There is a growing interest in using olfactory (smell) stimulation in dementia care. This study aims to extend current knowledge by synthesising the evidence on the efficacy of interventions using olfactory stimulation for people with dementia and to assess the effects of different types of odours and administration methods using a mixed methods approach. The rapid review was conducted based on searches in six electronic databases.

Past, Present and Future: Perspectives on an Oral History of Intellectual Disability Nursing.

Thirty-one participants engaged in this oral history research study aimed at exploring the lived experience of intellectual disability nurses and healthcare assistants' knowledge of the trajectory of intellectual disability nursing over the last 30 years in the Republic of Ireland and England. This paper documents some of these experiences offering perspectives on intellectual disability nursing and what is important for the future. Findings from Ireland consider the nature of intellectual disability services and the registered nurse in intellectual disability.