ArticleAge and ageing2022
New horizons for caring for people with dementia in hospital: the DEMENTIA CARE pointers for service change.
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- A Multifaceted Nursing Practice Bundle for the Management of Changed Behaviour in Hospitalised Adults With Cognitive Impairment: A Pre-/Poststudy.Australasian journal on ageing · 2026Article
- Hospitalization experience of ethno-racial older adults with dementia and caregivers: scoping review.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
- Dementia-Friendly Hospital-The Perspective of Professional Dementia Experts.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Article
- Dementia Care Partner Health Literacy as a Mediator Between Education and Burden at Hospital Discharge.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026Article
- What Is an Identifier Good for? Issues in Using Visual Identifiers to Improve Care for People With Dementia in Hospital.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Review
- Do ward changes affect outcomes differently in people living with dementia?Age and ageing · 2026Observational
- Case Report: Interdisciplinary approach to managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia and delirium in acute care.Frontiers in dementia · 2026Article
- "There doesn't seem to be the help there for people who are carers": qualitative findings from a realist evaluation of hospital-to-home transitions.Innovation in aging · 2026Article
- Interprofessional Collaboration Between Nurses and Occupational Therapists Enhances Independence and Reduces Disposable Absorbent Product Use in Older Patients.Occupational therapy international · 2026Article
- Exploring the hospitalisation experience of racialised older adults and caregivers living with dementia: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Understanding and integrating the needs and preferences of people living with dementia in the inpatient setting: a qualitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Supportive Interventions Involving Family Carers of Patients With Delirium Superimposed on Dementia in Hospital: A Scoping Review.International journal of older people nursing · 2025Article
- Models of Integrated Acute Care for Older Adult Inpatients That Incorporate Integrative Health: An Integrative Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
- Family carers' knowledge and practices in dementia care for hospitalized older adults: a multi-center cross-sectional study in Thailand.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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- Hospital admissions and emergency department visits for people with dementia.QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians · 2024Article
- Testing an Intervention to Improve Posthospital Outcomes in Persons Living With Dementia and Their Family Care Partners.Innovation in aging · 2023Article
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Abstract
Approximately two-thirds of hospital admissions are older adults and almost half of these are likely to have some form of dementia. People with dementia are not only at an increased risk of adverse outcomes once admitted, but the unfamiliar environment and routinised practices of the wards and acute care can be particularly challenging for them, heightening their confusion, agitation and distress further impacting the ability to optimise their care. It is well established that a person-centred care approach helps alleviate some of the unfamiliar stress but how to embed this in the acute-care setting remains a challenge. In this article, we highlight the challenges that have been recognised in this area and put forward a set of evidence-based 'pointers for service change' to help organisations in the delivery of person-centred care. The DEMENTIA CARE pointers cover areas of: dementia awareness and understanding, education and training, modelling of person-centred care by clinical leaders, adapting the environment, teamwork (not being alone), taking the time to 'get to know', information sharing, access to necessary resources, communication, involving family (ask family), raising the profile of dementia care, and engaging volunteers. The pointers extend previous guidance, by recognising the importance of ward cultures that prioritise dementia care and institutional support that actively seeks to raise the profile of dementia care. The pointers provide a range of simple to more complex actions or areas for hospitals to help implement person-centred care approaches; however, embedding them within the organisational cultures of hospitals is the next challenge.
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