The term person-centred care has become all-pervasive on the UK dementia care scene. It
has been suggested that it has become synonymous with good quality care. It seems that …

Purpose: The published literature on dementia care mapping (DCM) in improving quality of
life and quality of care through practice development and research dates back to 1993. The …

Person‐centred care is often cited as an aim of gerontological nursing and promotion of
personhood is said to be the basis for person‐centred care. As such, it forms a cornerstone …

Objective: To provide an overview of QOL measures applicable for research in dementia, the
scale content, method of data collection, and their psychometric properties. Method …

• Wider issues highlighted by social-gerontological work of the lack of consideration of the
implications of the biomedicalization of ageing (Kaufman et al., 2004) and the low status of …

Objectives: Involvement in activities is assumed to positively influence the quality of life of
people with dementia, yet activity provision in long-term care remains limited. This study …

With the aging of the population and the projected increase of dementia in the coming years,
it is crucial that we understand the needs of people with dementia (PWD) in order to provide …

Background Aromatherapy and hand massage therapies have been reported to have some
benefit for people with dementia who display behavioural symptoms; however there are a …

This paper reports findings from a three-year study which integrated Kitwood's (1997)
person-centred and Sabat's (2001) selfhood approaches in the design, fieldwork and …

Professionals working with people with dementia need to develop new activities that occupy
patients and increase positive emotions. Dementia care mapping is a reliable method of …