'I know they are not trained in dementia': Addressing the need for specialist dementia training for home care workers

M Polacsek, A Goh, S Malta, B Hallam… - Health & social care …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Global population ageing has meant a rapid increase in the numbers of older people with
dementia, most of whom live in their own homes. Staying at home is an important …

What constitutes 'good'home care for people with dementia? An investigation of the views of home care service recipients and providers

AMY Goh, M Polacsek, S Malta, C Doyle, B Hallam… - BMC geriatrics, 2022 - Springer
Background Our objective was to explore what people receiving and providing care
consider to be 'good'in-home care for people living with dementia. Methods We conducted …

Caring for people living with dementia in their own homes: A qualitative study exploring the role and experiences of registered nurses within a district nursing service …

J Hoe, A Trickey, C McGraw - International journal of older …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background In the UK, district nursing services (DNS) deliver care to people intheir own
homes and have regular contact with people with dementia. Research conducted with …

'You can't just put somebody in a situation with no armour'. An ethnographic exploration of the training and support needs of homecare workers caring for people living …

M Leverton, A Burton, J Beresford-Dent… - …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Homecare workers carry out complex work with people living with dementia,
while under-supported, undervalued and undertrained. In this ethnographic study, we …

Quality home care for persons living with dementia: Personal support workers' perspectives in Ontario, Canada

R Breen, MY Savundranayagam… - Health & social care …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
There is a global need to understand how the quality of home care for persons living with
dementia is perceived by their most frequent formal caregivers, personal support workers …

The experiences of hospital staff who provide care for people living with dementia: A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies

R Gwernan‐Jones, R Abbott, I Lourida… - … journal of older …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives To systematically review and synthesise qualitative data from studies
exploring the experiences of hospital staff who care for people living with dementia (Plwd) …

Care assistant experiences of dementia care in long-term nursing and residential care environments

R Talbot, G Brewer - Dementia, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Care assistants have a unique insight into the lives of service users and those factors which
may impede or enhance the delivery of high quality dementia oriented care. To address the …

The experience of caring for patients with dementia within a general hospital setting: a meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature

A Turner, FJR Eccles, R Elvish, J Simpson… - Aging & mental …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: The optimal care of people with dementia in general hospitals has become a
policy and practice imperative over recent years. However, despite this emphasis, the …

Perceived needs for support among care home staff providing end of life care for people with dementia: A qualitative study

T Vandrevala, K Samsi, C Rose… - … Journal of Geriatric …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The aim of the current exploratory study was to investigate the impact on care
home staff when working with people with dementia at the end of life and to explore how …

Person-centred dementia services are feasible, but can they be sustained?

JRF Gladman, RG Jones, K Radford, E Walker… - Age and …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background: we evaluated a specialist community-based dementia service to establish
whether high quality care was being delivered and the conditions for doing so. The service …