The Namaste Care programme can reduce behavioural symptoms in care home residents with advanced dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 702-709

  Stacpoole, Miranda ^a   Hockley, Jo ^a   Thompsell, Amanda ^b   Simard, Joyce ^c   Volicer, Ladislav ^d  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER S HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced dementia; behavioural symptoms of dementia; care homes; Namaste Care; pain; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEDFORD ALZHEIMER NURSING SEVERITY SCALE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOLOPLUS 2; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY NURSING HOMES; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; VERY ELDERLY; ANALGESIA; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; ENGLAND; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME FOR THE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84930718515     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4211     Document Type: Article

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