Stimulating sense memories for people living with dementia using the Namaste Care program: What works, how and why?
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DOI: 10.1111/jocn.15665
Abstract: BACKGROUND Sensory-based programs for people with advanced dementia aim to address unmet needs and to improve behaviours, mood or cognition. Pleasurable, involuntary sense memories stimulated by sensory-based programs are difficult to evaluate because it is… read more here.
Keywords: sense memories; memories people; sense; program ... See more keywords
Namaste care in the home setting: developing initial realist explanatory theories and uncovering unintended outcomes
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033046
Abstract: Introduction The End-of-Life Namaste Care Program for People with Dementia, challenges the misconception that people with dementia are a ‘shell’; it provides a holistic approach using the five senses, which can provide positive ways of… read more here.
Keywords: namaste care; care; home setting; explanatory theories ... See more keywords
Evaluating the feasibility, experiences, facilitators of and barriers to carers and volunteers delivering Namaste Care to people with dementia in their own home: a qualitative interview study in the UK and the Netherlands
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063422
Abstract: Objectives To evaluate the feasibility, facilitators of and barriers to delivering Namaste Care by volunteers and family carers to community-dwelling people with dementia, and to map family carers and volunteers’ experiences with the programme. Design… read more here.
Keywords: carers volunteers; namaste care; people dementia; family ... See more keywords
Cost-effectiveness of the Namaste care family program for nursing home residents with advanced dementia in comparison with usual care: a cluster-randomized controlled trial
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DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05570-2
Abstract: Background Dementia is a progressive disease that decreases quality of life of persons with dementia and is associated with high societal costs. The burden of caring for persons with dementia also decreases the quality of… read more here.
Keywords: family; family program; care family; usual care ... See more keywords
The Impact of Implementing a Namaste Care Intervention in UK Care Homes for People Living with Advanced Dementia, Staff and Families
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17166004
Abstract: Care homes can struggle to provide optimal care for residents with advanced dementia. Namaste Care provides a structured daily programme of physical, sensory and emotional care delivered by regular care workers. A three-year, mixed method… read more here.
Keywords: intervention; staff; care homes; namaste care ... See more keywords