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Verbeek, H.

Access to community care for people with dementia and their informal carers : Case vignettes for a European comparison of structures and common pathways to formal care

Background: People with dementia and their informal carers often do not receive appropriate professional support or it is not received at the right time.; Objectives: Description and comparison of common pathways to formal community dementia care in eight European countries as a part of the transnational Actifcare project.; Materials and Methods: The German team was responsible for creating an individual case scenario as a starting point.

Wed, 01/23/2019 - 15:21

Deterioration of basic activities of daily living and their impact on quality of life across different cognitive stages of dementia: A European study

Performing basic activities of daily living (ADLs) is one of the major difficulties encountered in dementia, which can have considerable negative impacts on the quality of life (QoL) of people with dementia (PwD). However, the extent to which basic ADL performance deteriorates across mild, moderate, and severe dementia is little examined and its impact, together with depression and neuropsychiatric behavior, upon QoL, is of considerable relevance across European countries.

Thu, 07/20/2017 - 15:14

Depressive symptomatology and associated factors in dementia in Europe: Home care versus long-term care

This study forms part of a larger European programme investigating the transition from home care to long-term care (LTC) facility in people with dementia (PwD) at the margins of LTC. The aim of this study was to explore the factors associated with depressive symptomatology in PwD in different settings.

Thu, 07/20/2017 - 15:09