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Beauty tips in dementia [2021]
Ogle, SusanPharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic alterations in older people with dementia [2017]
Reeve, Emily; Trenaman, Shanna C; Rockwood, Kenneth; Hilmer, Sarah Nicole
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with increasing age and frailty; this provides insight into how the efficacy and toxicity of medications may be altered in people with dementia. Areas covered: This review discusses the current evidence of the alterations in pharmacokinetics that can occur
What do children need to know about dementia? The perspectives of children and people with personal experience of dementia [May-2018]
Baker, Jess R.; Jeon, Yun-Hee; Goodenough, Belinda; Low, Lee-Fay; Bryden, Christine; Hutchinson, Karen ; Richards, Laura
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dementia awareness among youth; specifically, what do children need to know about dementia? METHODS: A qualitative inquiry using interviews and focus groups was used. Purposive sampling achieved maximum variation in dementia experience and participant
Respite service use among caregivers of older people: comparative analysis of family dementia caregivers with musculoskeletal and circulatory system disorder caregivers [22-Jan-2018]
Vecchio, Nerina; Fitzgerald, Janna A.; Radford, Katrina; Kurrle, Susan
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on nationally representative secondary data regression analysis was used to test the association between selected health conditions and the utilisation of and need for respite services. RESULTS: For a person living with dementia the odds of using respite care
Physical Comorbidities of Dementia [2012]
Kurrle, Susan ; Brodaty, Henry; Hogarth, Roseanne
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dysfunction are found to occur more frequently in dementia sufferers. Physical Comorbidities of Dementia describes how these may present and gives detailed information and evidence-based recommendations on how to recognise and manage these conditions. Written
Dementia, medication and transitions of care [2016]
Deeks, Louise S.; Cooper, Gabrielle M.; Draper, Brian; Kurrle, Susan ; Gibson, Diane M.
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of dementia; dose administration aids; and staff training. CONCLUSIONS: Medication management is sub-optimal for PWD during care transitions and may compromise safety. Suggested improvements included: increased involvement of pharmacists in care transitions
Co-creation of a family-focused service model living with younger onset dementia [Aug-2018]
Hutchinson, Karen ; Roberts, Chris; Roach, Pamela ; Kurrle, Susan
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dementia, six spouse/carers, and 17 children. A thematic analysis was conducted using a theoretical lens drawn from the combined perspectives of the social model of disability and family systems-illness model. Two central themes emerged in the data: (1
Pragmatic evaluation of an observational pain assessment scale in the emergency department: The Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) scale [Nov-2018]
Fry, Margaret ; Elliott, Rosalind
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BACKGROUND: Pain assessment is challenging in older people with cognitive impairment who present to the emergency department and may result in suboptimal management. Therefore, the usefulness of the Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) tool
Idiopathic hypoglycaemia: A cause for behavioural disturbances in dementia? A review of the literature: POSTER 19 [2012]
Hilmer, Sarah Nicole ; Poole, J. L.Editorial: Medication Management for People with Dementia or Cognitive Impairment [2015]
Simon Bell, J.; Kurrle, Susan ; Hilmer, Sarah Nicole
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