A feasibility study of translating “Living Well with Dementia” groups into a Primary Care Improving Access to Psychological Therapy service (innovative practice)

Cheston, Richard; Howells, Liz

doi:10.1177/1471301215582104

All Outputs (8)

Personal message cards: An evaluation of an alternative method of delivering simulated presence therapy (2016)
Journal Article
Evans, N., Cheston, R., & Harris, N. (2016). Personal message cards: An evaluation of an alternative method of delivering simulated presence therapy. Dementia, 15(6), 1703-1715. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301215574363

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Simulated presence therapy is a technique which utilises a familiar recorded voice to calm and reassure people with dementia who are agitated or anxious. Although simulated presence therapy has shown potential benefits i... Read More about Personal message cards: An evaluation of an alternative method of delivering simulated presence therapy.

Making sense of dementia: Exploring the use of the Markers of Assimilation of Problematic Experiences in Dementia scale to understand how couples process a diagnosis of dementia (2016)
Journal Article
Snow, K., Cheston, R., & Smart, C. (2016). Making sense of dementia: Exploring the use of the Markers of Assimilation of Problematic Experiences in Dementia scale to understand how couples process a diagnosis of dementia. Dementia, 15(6), 1515-1533. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301214564447

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. This qualitative study aimed to see whether the Markers of Assimilation of Problematic Experiences in Dementia (MAPED) scale could be applied to couples. It aimed to explore the interactions between couples and how this... Read More about Making sense of dementia: Exploring the use of the Markers of Assimilation of Problematic Experiences in Dementia scale to understand how couples process a diagnosis of dementia.

Living well with dementia groups: changes in participant and therapist verbal behaviour (2016)
Journal Article
Cheston, R., Marshall, A., Jones, A., Coleman, P., & Spreadbury, J. (2018). Living well with dementia groups: changes in participant and therapist verbal behaviour. Aging and Mental Health, 22(1), 61-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2016.1231171

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Objectives: This paper reports two related analyses of verbal material from seven Living Well with Dementia groups: the first examines changes in the verbal behaviours of participants ac... Read More about Living well with dementia groups: changes in participant and therapist verbal behaviour.

A feasibility study comparing UK older adult mental health inpatient wards which use protected engagement time with other wards which do not: Study protocol (2016)
Journal Article
Nolan, F. M., Fox, C., Cheston, R., Turner, D., Clark, A., Dodd, E., …Gray, R. (2016). A feasibility study comparing UK older adult mental health inpatient wards which use protected engagement time with other wards which do not: Study protocol. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-016-0049-z

© 2016 Nolan et al. Background: Protected engagement time (PET) is a concept of managing staff time on mental health inpatient wards with the aim of increasing staff and patient interaction. Despite apparent widespread use of PET, there remains a dea... Read More about A feasibility study comparing UK older adult mental health inpatient wards which use protected engagement time with other wards which do not: Study protocol.

Individual and group psychotherapy with people diagnosed with dementia: a systematic review of the literature (2016)
Journal Article
Cheston, R., & Ivanecka, A. (2017). Individual and group psychotherapy with people diagnosed with dementia: a systematic review of the literature. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 32(1), 3-31. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4529

Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Objectives: Psychotherapy provides a means of helping participants to resolve emotional threats and play an active role in their lives. Consequently, psychotherapy is increasingly used within dementia care.... Read More about Individual and group psychotherapy with people diagnosed with dementia: a systematic review of the literature.

A cross-sectional investigation of public attitudes toward dementia in Bristol and South Gloucestershire using the approaches to dementia questionnaire (2016)
Journal Article
Cheston, R., Hancock, J., & White, P. (2016). A cross-sectional investigation of public attitudes toward dementia in Bristol and South Gloucestershire using the approaches to dementia questionnaire. International Psychogeriatrics, 28(10), 1717-1724. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610216000843

© Copyright International Psychogeriatric Association 2016. Background: To date, surveys of attitudes toward dementia have largely been conducted using unvalidated materials or have focused on healthcare professionals supporting people affected by de... Read More about A cross-sectional investigation of public attitudes toward dementia in Bristol and South Gloucestershire using the approaches to dementia questionnaire.

The paradox of dementia: Changes in assimilation after receiving a diagnosis of dementia (2016)
Journal Article
Lishman, E., Cheston, R., & Smithson, J. (2016). The paradox of dementia: Changes in assimilation after receiving a diagnosis of dementia. Dementia, 15(2), 181-203. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301214520781

© 2014, © The Author(s) 2014. This qualitative study used semi-structured interviews to explore how six people talked about their difficulties before and after a dementia diagnosis. Participants’ accounts of their memory problems were analysed in ter... Read More about The paradox of dementia: Changes in assimilation after receiving a diagnosis of dementia.

A feasibility study of translating “Living Well with Dementia” groups into a Primary Care Improving Access to Psychological Therapy service (innovative practice) (2016)
Journal Article
Cheston, R., & Howells, L. (2016). A feasibility study of translating “Living Well with Dementia” groups into a Primary Care Improving Access to Psychological Therapy service (innovative practice). Dementia, 15(2), 273-278. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301215582104

© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. This paper describes the use of the “Living Well with Dementia” or LivDem model of group support for people affected by dementia within a Primary Care setting. Five people affected by dementia and their carers joined a 1... Read More about A feasibility study of translating “Living Well with Dementia” groups into a Primary Care Improving Access to Psychological Therapy service (innovative practice).