Trial reportJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2016
Living Alone with Dementia: Prevalence, Correlates and the Utilization of Health and Nursing Care Services.
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Dementia: Life- and Personcentered Help in Germany
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Psychosocial Needs of People With Dementia Living Alone: A Narrative Synthesis Systematic Review.Dementia (London, England) · 2026Pooled it
- Non-Pharmacological Interventions for People With Dementia Who Live Alone: A Systematic Review.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Older adults living with Alzheimer's Disease, dementia or mild cognitive impairment with no informal caregiver or care partner: IDEA Café, the first pilot randomized trial intervention for this underserved populations.Aging & mental health · 2025Trial
- Living alone with dementia: Supportive care for dementia, a replicable model for support and lessons learned.Dementia (London, England) · 2026Article
- Living alone with dementia is a neglected source of inequality: findings from a scoping review of research evidence.Systematic reviews · 2025Article
- Prevalence of living alone with dementia and other progressive neurological conditions: findings from primary care data in England.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Dementia in primary care: a qualitative study with general practitioners and caregivers with and without migration backgrounds.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Examining the challenges of people living alone with neurodegenerative conditions: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Characteristics, Needs, and Perspectives of Individuals Living Alone With Dementia: An Integrative Review.Health science reports · 2025Article
- High-risk medication use among older adults with cognitive impairment living alone in the United States.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2024Article
- Living Alone With Dementia: A Reality Check.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2024Article
- The influencing factors of health status among low-income individuals living alone in Wuxi, China.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Self-help support: The Alzheimer's telephone from the user's perspective.German medical science : GMS e-journal · 2024Article
- Living alone and all-cause mortality in community-dwelling adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Article
- 'Pushing back': People newly diagnosed with dementia and their experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions in England.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2022Article
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- Identifying adoption and usability factors of locator devices for persons living with dementia.Dementia (London, England) · 2022Article
- Identifying client characteristics to predict homecare use more accurately: a Delphi-study involving nurses and homecare purchasing specialists.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Home care service employees' contribution to patient safety in clients with dementia who use dietary supplements: a Norwegian survey.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundLittle is known about the proportion and the characteristics of community-dwelling people with dementia (PWD) living alone in Germany.
objectivesTo analyze the prevalence of PWD living alone (with and without the support of an informal caregiver) and socio-demographical and clinical characteristics as well as health and nursing care utilization associated with living alone.
methodsDelpHi-MV (Dementia: Life- and person-centered help in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) is a general practitioner-based, randomized controlled intervention trial. The present analyses are based on baseline data of 511 patients (≥70 years, community-dwelling) who had screened positive for dementia (DemTect <9).
resultsN = 251 (51%) of the patients lived alone. PWD living alone were statistically significantly more often female, older, and more often widowed than those not living alone. About 9% of the patients (n = 24) were not supported by any informal caregiver. Regarding the clinical variables (cognitive and functional impairment, depression, falls, number of drug-related problems, malnutrition, quality of life), there were no statistically significant group differences. Patients living alone utilized professional services such as home care, help with medication, home-delivered meals, or housekeeping assistance significantly more often. Multivariate analyses confirmed these findings.
conclusionOur results reveal the high proportion of PWD living alone in Germany. PWD living alone did not seem to be at an increased health risk. Our findings indicate that living alone with dementia is possible. In order to ensure the sufficient provision of health and nursing care services for PWD living alone, providers should consider the present results for future planning.
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