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Health research must be informative, accessible and relevant to the public, patients, clinicians, health professionals, researchers, policy makers and health service managers. NIHR Evidence presents high quality summaries of findings so that health and care research can be used by all members of society.
Their summaries are produced in close collaboration with those who might use them, including clinicians, commissioners, patients and the public.
This new collection brings together NIHR research relating to dementia. They asked a number of healthcare professionals, carers and service users to comment on selected Alerts that are relevant and important to them. Their commentary provides a valuable insight and highlights what we can learn from the research summarised in the Alerts.
The Alerts included in this collection are:
- Informal dementia carers had to make difficult decisions about paid care during COVID-19
- People with dementia from ethnic minority backgrounds face extra barriers in accessing care
- Careful phrasing of requests by hospital staff could help people with dementia accept care
- Loneliness in people with dementia is linked to social isolation and depression
- People with mild memory problems are left in limbo between health and dementia, and need help to make lifestyle changes
- Most people caring for relatives with dementia experience loneliness
- Occupational therapy at home may benefit people with dementia and their carers
- Working may improve quality of life for carers of people with dementia
- Loneliness, but not social isolation, predicts development of dementia in older people
- Training programme to improve communication between staff and patients with dementia in hospital shows promise
- A less healthy lifestyle increases the risk of dementia
- Goal-setting can help people with early-stage dementia improve function
- Dementia Care Mapping: Care home managers and staff need more support to improve care
Review the collection and the full information on the NIHR Evidence website
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