SynthesisDementia (London, England)2021
How do we provide good mealtime care for people with dementia living in care homes? A systematic review of carer-resident interactions.
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- How Can We Improve Personal Care Interactions to Reduce Care Refusals From People With Dementia? A Realist Synthesis.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Review
- Behavioral Challenges and Adaptive Strategies in Providing Mealtime Care to Residents With Dementia: A Qualitative Study of Nursing Home Clinical and Administrative Staff.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025Article
- Systematic Intervention with Formal Caregivers to Promote Nutritional Health of Older People with Dementia: An Impact Evaluation Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Unlocking practical wisdom through the inner voice of robots.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Eating Together but Often Feeling Lonely: Residents' Mealtime Experiences in a Nursing Home.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Article
- Understanding mealtime behavioral problems in nursing home residents living with dementia: a group concept mapping approach.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- An ethnography of mealtime care for people living with dementia in care homes.Dementia (London, England) · 2024Article
- Racial Differences in Nursing Home Quality of Life Among Residents Living With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.Journal of aging and health · 2024Article
- Pre-hospitalization dysphagia and feeding tube placement in nursing home residents with advanced dementia.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2024Article
- Temporal Relationships Between Nursing Home Staff Care Approaches and Behaviors of Residents With Dementia During Mealtimes: A Sequential Analysis.Innovation in aging · 2023Article
- South African speech-language therapists' practices regarding feeding tube placement in people with advanced dementia.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings · 2022Article
- Diet, nutrition, and cognitive function: A narrative review of Japanese longitudinal studies.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2022Review
- From innovation to adoption: Process-oriented holistic modelling for sensory-based assistive technologies in dementia care.Digital healthArticle
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
People with dementia who live in care homes often depend on care home staff for help with eating and drinking. It is essential that care home staff have the skills and support they need to provide good care at mealtimes. Good mealtime care may improve quality of life for residents, and reduce hospital admissions. The aim of this systematic review was to identify good practice in mealtime care for people with dementia living in care homes, by focusing on carer-resident interactions at mealtimes. Robust systematic review methods were followed. Seven databases were searched: AgeLine, BNI, CENTRAL, CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Web of Science. Titles, abstracts, and full texts were screened independently by two reviewers, and study quality was assessed with Joanna Briggs Institute tools. Narrative synthesis was used to analyse quantitative and qualitative evidence in parallel. Data were interrogated to identify thematic categories of carer-resident interaction. The synthesis process was undertaken by one reviewer, and discussed throughout with other reviewers for cross-checking. After title/abstract and full-text screening, 18 studies were included. Some studies assessed mealtime care interventions, others investigated factors contributing to oral intake, whilst others explored the mealtime experience. The synthesis identified four categories of carer-resident interaction important to mealtime care: Social connection, Tailored care, Empowering the resident, and Responding to food refusal. Each of the categories has echoes in related literature, and provides promising directions for future research. They merit further consideration, as new interventions are developed to improve mealtime care for this population.
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