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To examine the effects of exercise training on cognitive function in individuals at risk of or diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Design: Meta-analysis. Setting: PubMed, Scopus, ClinicalTrials.gov, and ProQuest were searched from inception until August 1, 2017.
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This study investigated whether quantity of movement, gauged with a wrist-worn accelerometer, could be a sound measure of engagement and whether apathy and depression negatively affected engagement.
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The aim of this study was to examine the effects of the six-week music-with-movement (MM) intervention, as compared with music listening (ML) and social activity (SA), on the cognitive functions of people with moderate dementia over time. Methods:A multi-center randomized controlled trial was conducted on 165 nursing home residents with moderate dementia.
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This paper presents the findings of an ethnographic study of self and personhood in Alzheimer’s disease in an American long-term care facility.
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This systematic review found that the CWS (Carer well-being and support questionnaire ) is the most appropriate instrument to recommend for the assessment of quality of life in informal carers of people with dementia at present.
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This article discusses the use of Quest acuity and frailty measures for community nursing interventions to quantify and qualify the contributions of district nursing teams. It describes the use of a suite of acuity and frailty tools tested in 8 UK community service trusts over the past 5years. In addition, a competency assessment tool was used to gauge both capacity and capability of individual nurses. The consistency of the results obtained from the Quest audits offer significant evidence and potential for realigning community nursing services to offer improvements in efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
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An introduction to the journal is presented in which the author discusses reports within the issue on topics including the decline in the number of district nurses in Great Britain as of 2018, managing psoriasis and identifying chronic oedema in patients.
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This study investigated any possible relationship between sleep disorders, burnout and job performance in a shift-work population of nurses. Results: On shift-work nurses’ sleep quality and burnout correlated positively. A significant negative association between patient-related burnout and job performance was observed. Conclusion: Specific characteristics of shift-work nurses can directly affect sleep quality and burnout and indirectly job performance. This evidence offers healthcare administrators opportunities to intervene with measures to promote nurse’s health, well-being and safety.
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The article reveals findings of a study on the effect of meaningful recognition programs on compassion fatigue. Discussion includes advantage of job satisfaction and job enjoyment in decreasing secondary traumatic stress; creation of Diseases Attacking the Immune System (DAISY), a foundation with an aim to honour the clinical skill and compassionate care of the nurses involved; and relationship between compassion fatigue and secondary trauma.
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This article looks at the role of therapeutic communication provides evidence that suggests that the development of therapeutic communication skills – although considered confronting at times – proved to be an innovative approach to overcoming burnout in critical care nurses and further, inspired personal and professional growth.
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