Introduction Caregivers play a major role in providing all the support and care in daily
activities for their relatives with dementia. To fully describe the influence of dementia …

Executive summary Acting now on dementia prevention, intervention, and care will vastly
improve living and dying for individuals with dementia and their families, and in doing so …

Background Being married is associated with healthier lifestyle behaviours and lower
mortality and may reduce risk for dementia due to life-course factors. We conducted a …

BACKGROUND Agitation is common, persistent and distressing in dementia and is linked
with care breakdown. Psychotropic medication is often ineffective or harmful, but the …

Background Early diagnosis and intervention for people with dementia is increasingly
considered a priority, but practitioners are concerned with the effects of earlier diagnosis and …

The process of advance care planning in dementia is far from straightforward; as dementia
progresses, the ability to consider future thoughts and actions becomes compromised, thus …

Background: Advance care planning aims to ensure that care received during serious and
chronic illness is consistent with the person's values, preferences and goals. However, less …

Objective To assess whether a manual based coping strategy compared with treatment as
usual reduces depression and anxiety symptoms in carers of family members with dementia …

Background: Advance care planning comprises discussions about an individual's wishes for
future care while they have capacity. Aim: To explore professionals' experiences on the …

Background: In dementia care, a large number of treatment decisions are made by family
carers on behalf of their family member who lacks decisional capacity; advance care …