Older adults are at an increased risk of loneliness. Many also serve as informal caregivers
for persons with dementia and other disabling conditions, further predisposing them to …

Objectives Community-based support for people with earlier-stage dementia and their care
partners, such as regularly meeting groups and activities, can play an important part in …

Further development needed: models of post-diagnostic suppor... : Current Opinion in Psychiatry
Further development needed: models of post-diagnostic support for people with dementia …

Purpose There are few interventions on an individual basis to support community-dwelling
people with dementia to continue to fulfill their potential in society and to support their …

A community is the totality of human relationships, in which individuals live with and for
others. This article discusses promoting dementia‐friendly community from the perspective …

Abstract Background The Meeting Centres Support Programme (MCSP) offers a combined
approach to providing practical, emotional and social support to people living with mild to …

We examined the costs and cost‐effectiveness of the Meeting Centre Support Programme
(MCSP) implemented and piloted in the UK, Poland and Italy, replicating the Dutch Meeting …

Background Social robots, as a form of digital health technologies, are used to support
emotional, cognitive, and physical care and have shown promising outcomes in enhancing …

Purpose Meeting Centres (MCs) are a complex community-based psychosocial intervention
to support people affected by dementia. The purpose of this paper is to describe the process …

Objectives This is the first study to focus on the role and impact of a psychosocial
intervention, the Meeting Centre Support Programme (MCSP), for people living with …