Month: August 2017

Challenge-related stress and felt challenge: Predictors of turnover and psychological health in aged care nurses. ( Collegian, 2017, 24 (4) p. 361-369)

This study examines the differential impacts of challenge-related stress (i.e. stress derived from job demands with potential for personal gains) and “perceptions” of job challenges (i.e. felt challenge) on turnover and psychological health in aged care nurses, and explores whether coping resources were related to challenge-related stress.
A greater sense of job challenges appeared to reduce turnover. A higher level of challenge-related stress predicted poorer psychological health. Although the job design of aged care nursing should promote positive challenging aspects of the job, targeted interventions are required to reduce the stress associated with the job challenges.

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Leadership Strategies to Promote Nurse Retention ( Sci J Nurs Pract, 2017, 1(1) p. 1-5)

This article looks at the way in which nurse leaders can positively impact on nurses’ intent to stay.
Nurse leaders can modify the way they interact with other nurses
to promote team building and cohesion. Nurse leaders can facilitate
positive changes within the organization and work environments,
such as promoting professional development, effective staffing ratios,
and a safe work environment. Nurse leaders can support nurses when
external events occur, such as having to act as caregivers for their own
families.
No nurse leader ever arrives; it is a constant process of learning
and developing. Nurse leaders should reflect on their actions,
decisions, and impact on others. Nurse leaders are
in a position to be the change agents for creating environments where
nurses want to stay.

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Effects of physical exercise on Alzheimers biomarkers: A systematic review of intervention studies (European Journal of Neurology, 2017, Vol. 24, p. 125)

Physical exercise may ameliorate symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Animal studies have suggested this may be mediated through an effect on AD pathology.

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Measuring instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) in dementia: Review of scales (European Journal of Neurology, 2017, Vol. 24, p. 2)

Detecting and monitoring Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is becoming increasingly important, stressing the need for clinically relevant outcome measures. Functional decline, as measured with instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) questionnaires, is such an outcome measure.

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Dancing as an Intervention Tool for People with Dementia: A Mini-Review Dancing and Dementia. (Current Alzheimer research, 2017, Jul. Epub)

Research studies show a positive impact of physical activities such as dancing on the improvement of cognitive reserves of people with dementia. The purpose of this study is to explore dancing efficacy on people with dementia and list the key benefits and limitations of dancing therapy for these people.

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An endothelial link between the benefits of physical exercise in dementia (Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 2017, 37(8), p. 2649-2664)

The current absence of a disease-modifying treatment for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) highlights the necessity for investigating the benefits of non-pharmacological approaches such as physical exercise (PE).

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Predictors of activity involvement in dementia care homes: a cross-sectional study (BMC Geriatrics, 2017, 17(1), p. 175)

Despite the finding that involvement in activities is one of the most important needs of residents with dementia living in care homes, care facilities struggle to fulfill this need. Data were derived from the second measurement (2011) of the Living Arrangements for people with Dementia study.

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Levels of physical activity and sleep patterns among older people with dementia living in long-term care facilities: A 24-h snapshot. (Maturitas, 2017, Vol. 102, p. 62-68)

To objectively measure over a 24-h period the daytime and nighttime levels of physical activity and sleep patterns of older people with dementia living in long-term care facilities. Study design Nested within a larger research program, this cross-sectional study involved 415 residents, aged >=60 years, with a documented diagnosis of dementia, from 28 long-term care facilities in south-east Queensland, Australia.

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Cost-effectiveness of a randomised trial of physical activity in Alzheimer’s disease: A secondary analysis exploring patient and proxy-reported health-related quality of life measures in Denmark (BMJ Open, 2017, 7(6))

To explore the cost-effectiveness of a supervised moderate-To-high intensity aerobic exercise programme in people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and estimate incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICER) using participant-reported and proxy-reported measures of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) Design A cost-effectiveness analysis of economic and HRQoL data from a randomised trial delivered over 16 weeks. Setting Memory clinics in Denmark.

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Feeling useful and engaged in daily life: exploring the experiences of people with young-onset dementia (International Psychogeriatrics, 2017, Jul. Epub, p. 1-10)

To explore the aspects of daily life that give people with young-onset dementia (YOD) a sense of usefulness. Eighteen people with YOD and 21 informal caregivers participated in this qualitative study. Participants were recruited from specialized day-care centers for people with YOD in the Netherlands. Four focus groups were conducted with people with YOD, and four with informal caregivers.

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