When dealing with the challenges of dementia, spousal relationships have a central role to
play in outcomes such as quality of care and emotional wellbeing. Dementia places strain …

There is now a significant body of research demonstrating the importance of supporting the
couple's relationship for people living with dementia. Maintaining a strong relationship has …

Introduction Symptoms of dementia bring about challenges to couples' relationships.
Relationship-focused support has been highlighted to be of significant importance for …

Aim The aim of this systematic review is to identify factors that influence relationship quality
in couples living with dementia. Previous research has shown how maintaining a positive …

Objectives: There is a growing recognition of dementia as a condition that affects both
members of a couple individually while also influencing the relational bond between them …

Family relationships are important for wellbeing across the lifecourse and are known to be
important for people living with dementia, bringing benefits to self-esteem and identity, as …

Background: The care of community-dwelling people with dementia often occurs in the
context of pre-existing family relationships. The presence of dementia can result in changes …

Background: Psychosocial interventions may improve the quality of life of both people with
dementia (PWD) and their family caregivers. However, research is inconclusive and focused …

Objective This study was to designed to examine the feasibility and preliminary outcomes of
CARE: Caring About Relationships and Emotions, a 10‐week, home‐based, intervention to …

Classic research and care traditions concerned with dementia (biomedical, psychological
and sociological) have mainly focused on the person with dementia and his/her spousal …