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Feeding and dementia: a systematic literature review
- Authors:
- WATSON Roger, GREEN Sue M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Advanced Nursing, 54(1), 2006, pp.86-93.
- Publisher:
- Blackwells Publishing
This review of 13 interventions from the USA, UK, Sweden and Belgium updates an earlier one published by the first author in 1993, which found little evidence on ways of alleviating feeding problems in people with dementia. Since then, more studies have been published but most are of relatively poor quality. Most examined the use of music, but there were no standardised interventions or outcomes across the studies and none reported the use of power analysis to decide on sample size. There were also problems in some studies with confounding variables. Further, more rigorous, research is needed although there are some promising lines of inquiry.
Relatives' views on mouth care
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, WATSON Roger, STIMPSON Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 11(2), March 2003, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Oral care of people with dementia is often undertaken by family carers as much as professional staff in formal care. This article reports on carers' experiences and views by analysing the results of responses to 3777 questionnaires about caring for people with dementia. The questionnaires were part of a research project from the Alzheimer's Society, 'Food for Thought' undertaken in 2000.
Lukewarm response
- Authors:
- MANTHOPE Jill, WATSON Roger, STUIMPSON Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 05.09.02, 2002, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Dementia is a disease that can affect many aspects of daily life, including eating, food preparation, shopping, cooking and cleaning. These difficulties sometimes prompt care managers to consider meals on wheels as an integral part of a "care package". Carers of people with dementia provide a form of quality assurance for services. A survey completed by 3,777 carers supporting people with dementia reported many problems with food and eating and 2,000 respondents have recently been further analysed thematically to identify particular issues. This article reports on one area that caused some concern: the value of meals on wheels.
Towards a compassionate model of care
- Author:
- WATSON Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 2(6), November 1994, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Argues that the skills of hospice care provide an appropriate and helpful model for care of people in the terminal stages of dementia.
Cooking up a problem in the kitchen
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, WATSON Roger, STIMPSON Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 11(5), September 2003, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Changes in cooking, food preparation and eating habits may give rise to concern among relatives of people with dementia. Draws on survey findings from the Alzheimer's Society survey 'Food for Thought', which gathered carers accounts of helping a person with dementia to eat or drink and draws out messages for services.
Eating out: dementia carers' views on the pleasures and pitfalls
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, WATSON Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 10(6), November 2002, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
This article uses examples from a content analysis of the Food for Thought survey (Alzheimer's Society 2000) to explore the experiences of family members when with their relative with dementia in a social setting.