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Factors of resilience in informal caregivers of people with dementia from integrative international data analysis (2016)
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Joling, K. J., Windle, G., Dröes, R.-M., Meiland, F., van Hout, H. P., MacNeil Vroomen, J., van de Ven, P. M., Moniz-Cook, E., & Woods, B. (2016). Factors of resilience in informal caregivers of people with dementia from integrative international data analysis. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 42(3-4), 198-214. https://doi.org/10.1159/000449131

Background/Aims: Although caring for a person with dementia can be stressful, some caregivers appear to experience few negative consequences to their well-being. This study aimed to examine what proportion of caregivers demonstrates resilience under... Read More about Factors of resilience in informal caregivers of people with dementia from integrative international data analysis.

Impact of antipsychotic review and non‐pharmacological intervention on health‐related quality of life in people with dementia living in care homes: WHELD—a factorial cluster randomised controlled trial (2016)
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Ballard, C., Orrell, M., Sun, Y., Moniz-Cook, E., Stafford, J., Whitaker, R., Woods, B., Corbett, A., Banerjee, S., Testad, I., Garrod, L., Khan, Z., Woodward-Carlton, B., Wenborn, J., & Fossey, J. (2017). Impact of antipsychotic review and non‐pharmacological intervention on health‐related quality of life in people with dementia living in care homes: WHELD—a factorial cluster randomised controlled trial. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 32(10), 1094-1103. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4572

Background: Very few interventional studies have directly examined the impact of treatment approaches on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) in people with dementia. This is of particular importance in therapies to address behavioural symptoms, whe... Read More about Impact of antipsychotic review and non‐pharmacological intervention on health‐related quality of life in people with dementia living in care homes: WHELD—a factorial cluster randomised controlled trial.

Apathy and its response to antipsychotic review and non-pharmacological interventions in people with dementia living in nursing homes : WHELD, A factorial cluster randomised controlled trial (2016)
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Rajkumar, A. P., Ballard, C., Fossey, J., Corbett, A., Woods, B., Orrell, M., Prakash, R., Moniz-Cook, E., & Testad, I. (2016). Apathy and its response to antipsychotic review and non-pharmacological interventions in people with dementia living in nursing homes : WHELD, A factorial cluster randomised controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 17(8), 741-747. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2016.04.006

Objectives: Apathy is common, impactful, and difficult to manage in people with dementia. We evaluated the efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions, exercise and social interaction, in combination with antipsychotic review, to reduce apathy in p... Read More about Apathy and its response to antipsychotic review and non-pharmacological interventions in people with dementia living in nursing homes : WHELD, A factorial cluster randomised controlled trial.

A systematic review of the relationship between behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD) and caregiver well-being (2016)
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Feast, A., Moniz-Cook, E., Stoner, C., Charlesworth, G., & Orrell, M. (2016). A systematic review of the relationship between behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD) and caregiver well-being. International Psychogeriatrics, 28(11), 1761-1774. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610216000922

Background: Behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia (BPSD) are important predictors of institutionalisation as well as caregiver burden and depression. Previous reviews have tended to group BPSD as one category with little focus on the rol... Read More about A systematic review of the relationship between behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD) and caregiver well-being.

Behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia and the challenges for family carers: systematic review (2016)
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Feast, A., Orrell, M., Charlesworth, G., Melunsky, N., Poland, F., & Moniz-Cook, E. (2016). Behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia and the challenges for family carers: systematic review. British Journal of Psychiatry, 208(5), 429-434. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153684

Background Tailored psychosocial interventions can help families to manage behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia (BPSD), but carer responses to their relatives’ behaviours contribute to the success of support programmes. Aim To understan... Read More about Behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia and the challenges for family carers: systematic review.

REMCARE : pragmatic multi-centre randomised trial of reminiscence groups for people with dementia and their family carers : effectiveness and economic analysis (2016)
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Woods, R. T., Orrell, M., Bruce, E., Edwards, R. T., Hoare, Z., Hounsome, B., Keady, J., Moniz-Cook, E., Orgeta, V., Rees, J., & Russell, I. (2016). REMCARE : pragmatic multi-centre randomised trial of reminiscence groups for people with dementia and their family carers : effectiveness and economic analysis. PLoS ONE, 11(4), e0152843. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152843

Background Joint reminiscence groups, involving people with dementia and family carers together, are popular, but the evidence-base is limited. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of joint reminiscence groups as compar... Read More about REMCARE : pragmatic multi-centre randomised trial of reminiscence groups for people with dementia and their family carers : effectiveness and economic analysis.

The contribution of caregiver psychosocial factors to distress associated with behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia (2016)
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Feast, A., Orrell, M., Russell, I., Charlesworth, G., & Moniz-Cook, E. (2017). The contribution of caregiver psychosocial factors to distress associated with behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 32(1), 76-85. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4447

Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Objective: The objective of the study is to examine caregiver factors as predictors of BPSD-related distress and their potential mechanisms. Method: Informal caregivers of people with dementia (n = 157) recr... Read More about The contribution of caregiver psychosocial factors to distress associated with behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia.

Community occupational therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID] programme): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2016)
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Wenborn, J., Hynes, S., Moniz-Cook, E., Mountain, G., Poland, F., King, M., Omar, R., Morris, S., Vernooij-Dassen, M., Challis, D., Michie, S., Russell, I., Sackley, C., Graff, M., O’Keeffe, A., Crellin, N., & Orrell, M. (2016). Community occupational therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID] programme): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 17(1), Article ARTN 65. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-1150-y

Background: A community-based occupational therapy intervention for people with mild to moderate dementia and their family carers (Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia (COTiD)) was found clinically and cost effective in the Netherlands but not... Read More about Community occupational therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID] programme): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.