Appendix B: reference list of the included fiftyfour articles

References of the quantitative and mixed intervention studies (Table 3a):

  1. Anderson, K., Bird, M., Macpherson, S., McDonough, V., and Davis, T. (2011). Findings from a pilot investigation of the effectiveness of a snoezelen room in residential care: should we be engaging with our residents more? Geriatric Nursing, 32, 166-177.
  2. Berkhout, A.J., Boumans, N.P., Mur, I. and Nijhuis, F.J. (2009). Conditions for successfully implementing resident-oriented care in nursing homes. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 23, 298-308.
  3. Berkhout, A.J., Boumans, N.P., Van Breukelen, G.P., bu-Saad, H.H. and Nijhuis, F.J. (2004). Resident-oriented care in nursing homes: effects on nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 45, 621-632.
  4. Boumans, N.P., Berkhout, A.J., Vijgen, S.M., Nijhuis, F.J. and Vasse, R.M. (2008). The effects of integrated care on quality of work in nursing homes: a quasi-experiment. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 45, 1122-1136.
  5. Boumans, N., Berkhout, A. and Landeweerd, A. (2005). Effects of resident-oriented care on quality of care, wellbeing and satisfaction with care. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 19, 240-250.
  6. Burgio, L.D., len-Burge, R., Roth, D.L., Bourgeois, M.S., Dijkstra, K., Gerstle, J., Jackson, E., and Bankester, L. (2001). Come talk with me: improving communication between nursing assistants and nursing home residents during care routines. The Gerontologist, 41, 449-460.
  7. Burgio, L.D., Stevens, A., Burgio, K.L., Roth, D.L., Paul, P. and Gerstle, J. (2002). Teaching and maintaining behaviour management skills in the nursing home. The Gerontologist, 42, 487-496.
  8. Chang, C.C. and Lin, L.C. (2005). Effects of a feeding skills training programme on nursing assistants and dementia patients.Journal of Clinical Nursing,14, 1185-1192.
  9. Christensson, L., Unosson, M., Bachrach-Lindstrom, M. and Ek, A.C. (2003). Attitudes of nursing staff towards nutritional nursing care. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 17, 223-231.
  10. Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., Culpepper, W.J. and Barkley, D. (1997). Evaluation of an inservice training program on dementia and wandering. Journal of Gerontological Nursing 23, 40-47.
  11. Davison, T.E., McCabe, M.P., Visser, S., Hudgson, C., Buchanan, G. and George, K. (2007). Controlled trial of dementia training with a peer support group for aged care staff. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22, 868-873.
  12. Dijkstra K., Bourgeois M., Burgio L. and Allen R. (2002). Effects of a communication intervention on the discourse of nursing home residents with dementia and their nursing assistants. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 10, 143-157.
  13. Finnema, E., Droes, R.M., Ettema, T., Ooms, M., Ader, H., Ribbe, M., and Van Tilburg W. (2005). The effect of integrated emotion-oriented care versus usual care on elderly persons with dementia in the nursing home and on nursing assistants: a randomized clinical trial. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20, 330-343.
  14. Galik, E.M., Resnick, B., Gruber-Baldini, A., Nahm, E.S., Pearson, K. and Pretzer-Aboff, I. (2008). Pilot testing of the restorative care intervention for the cognitively impaired. Journalof theAmerican Medical Directors Association, 9, 516-522.
  15. Gallagher, M. (2011). Evaluating a protocol to train hospice staff in administering individualized music. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 17, 195-201.
  16. Gerdner, L.A. (2005). Use of individualized music by trained staff and family: translating research into practice. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 31, 22-30.
  17. Gould, E. and Reed, P. (2009). Alzheimer's Association Quality Care Campaign and professional training initiatives: improving hands-on care for people with dementia in the U.S.A. International Psychogeriatrics, 21 Suppl 1, S25-S33.
  18. Goyder, J., Orrell, M., Wenborn, J. and Spector, A. (2012). Staff training using STAR: a pilot study in UK care homes. International Psychogeriatrics, 24, 911-920.
  19. Hobday, J.V., Savik, K., Smith, S. and Gaugler, J.E. (2010). Feasibility of Internet training for care staff of residents with dementia: the CARES program. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 36, 13-21.
  20. Kuhn, D.R. and Forrest, J.M. (2012). Palliative care for advanced dementia: a pilot project in 2 nursing homes. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias, 27, 33-40.
  21. Kuske, B., Luck, T., Hanns, S., Matschinger, H., Angermeyer, M.C., Behrens, J. and Riedel-Heller, S.G. (2009). Training in dementia care: a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a training program for nursing home staff in Germany. International Psychogeriatrics, 21, 295-308.
  22. McAiney, C.A., Stolee, P., Hillier, L.M., Harris, D., Hamilton, P., Kessler, L., Madsen, V. and Le Clair, J.K. (2007). Evaluation of the sustained implementation of a mental health learning initiative in long-term care. International Psychogeriatrics, 19, 842-858.
  23. McAllion P., Toseland R.W., Lacey D. and Banks S. (1999). Educating nursing assistants to communicate more effectively with nursing home residents with dementia. The

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  2. Parks, S.M., Haines, C., Foreman, D., McKinstry, E. and Maxwell, T.L. (2005). Evaluation of an educational program for long-term care nursing assistants. Journalof theAmerican Medical Directors Association, 6, 61-65.
  3. Pellfolk, T.J., Gustafson, Y., Bucht, G. and Karlsson, S. (2010). Effects of a restraint minimization program on staff knowledge, attitudes, and practice: a cluster randomized trial. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 58, 62-69.
  4. Perry, J., Galloway, S., Bottorff, J.L. and Nixon, S. (2005). Nurse-patient communication in dementia: improving the odds. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 31, 43-52.
  5. Peterson, D., Berg-Weger, M.S., McGillick, J. and Schwartz, L. (2002). Basic care I: the effect of dementia-specific training on certified nursing assistants and other staff. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias, 17, 154-164.
  6. Ripich, D.N., Wykle, M. and Niles, S. (1995). Alzheimer's disease caregivers: the focused program. A communication skills training program helps nursing assistants to give better care to patients with disease. Geriatric Nursing, 16, 15-19.
  7. Speziale, J., Black, E., Coatsworth-Puspoky, R., Ross, T. and O'Regan, T. (2009). Moving forward: evaluating a curriculum for managing responsive behaviours in a geriatric psychiatry inpatient population. The Gerontologist, 49, 570-576.
  8. Stevens, A.B., Burgio, L.D., Bailey, E., Burgio, K.L., Paul, P., Capilouto, E., Nicovich, P. and Hale, G. (1998). Teaching and maintaining behaviour management skills with nursing assistants in a nursing home. TheGerontologist, 38, 379-384.
  9. Sung H.C., Chang A.M. and Abbey J. (2008). An implementation programme to improve nursing home staff’s knowledge of and adherence to an individualized music protocol. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17, 2573-2579.
  10. Thomson M. and Burke K. (2008). A nursing assistant training program in a Long Term Care Setting. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 19, 23-35.
  11. Van der Kooij C.H., Dröes R.M., De Lange J., Ettema T.P., Cools H.J.M. and Van Tilburg W. (2012).The implementation of integrated emotion-oriented care: did it actually change the attitude, skills and time spent of trained caregivers? Dementia DOI: 10.1177/1471301211435187.
  12. Van der Steen, J.T., Toscani, F., de, G.T., Finetti, S., Nakanishi, M., Nakashima, T., Brazil, K., Hertogh, C.M. and Arcand, M. (2011). Physicians' and nurses' perceived usefulness and acceptability of a family information booklet about comfort care in advanced dementia. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 14, 614-622.
  13. Van Weert, J.C., van Dulmen, A.M., Spreeuwenberg, P.M., Bensing, J.M. and Ribbe, M.W. (2005a). The effects of the implementation of snoezelen on the quality of working life in psychogeriatric care. International Psychogeriatrics, 17, 407-427.
  14. Van Weert, J.C., van Dulmen, A.M., Spreeuwenberg, P.M., Ribbe, M.W., and Bensing, J.M. (2005b). Effects of snoezelen, integrated in 24 h dementia care, on nurse-patient communication during morning care. Patient Education and Counseling, 58, 312-326.
  15. Van Weert, J.C., Janssen, B.M., van Dulmen, A.M., Spreeuwenberg, P.M., Bensing, J.M. and Ribbe, M.W. (2006). Nursing assistants' behaviour during morning care: effects of the implementation of snoezelen, integrated in 24-hour dementia care. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 53, 656-668.
  16. Verkaik, R., Francke, A.L., Van, M.B., Ouwerkerk, J., Ribbe, M.W. and Bensing, J.M. (2011). Introducing a nursing guideline on depression in dementia: a multiple case study on influencing factors. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 48, 1129-1139.
  17. Visser, S.M., McCabe, M.P., Hudgson, C., Buchanan, G., Davison, T.E. and George, K. (2008). Managing behavioural symptoms of dementia: effectiveness of staff education and peer support. Aging and Mental Health, 12, 47-55.
  18. Williams, K., Kemper, S. and Hummert, M.L. (2003). Improving nursing home communication: an intervention to reduce elderspeak. The Gerontologist, 43, 242-247.

References of the qualitative intervention studies (Table 3b):

  1. Cohen-Mansfield, J., Thein, K., Marx, M.S. and kheel-Ali, M. (2012). What are the barriers to performing nonpharmacological interventions for behavioural symptoms in the nursing home? Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 13, 400-405.
  2. De Lange J. (2004). Dealing with dementia. Effects of integrated emotion-oriented care on adaptation and coping of people with dementia in nursing homes; a qualitative study as part of a randomised clinical trial. Thesis. Utrecht, The Netherlands: Trimbos-instituut.
  3. Emilsson, U.M. (2006). Supervision as pedagogy and support in the Swedish eldercare - a developmental project. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 47, 83-102.
  4. Froggatt, K. (2000). Evaluating a palliative care education project in nursing homes. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 6, 140-146.
  5. Galik, E.M., Resnick, B. and Pretzer-Aboff, I. (2009). 'Knowing what makes them tick': motivating cognitively impaired older adults to participate in restorative care. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 15, 48-55.
  6. Gotell, E., Brown, S. and Ekman, S.L. (2002). Caregiver singing and background music in dementia care. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 24, 195-216.
  7. Hansebo, G. and Kihlgren, M. (2000). Patient life stories and current situation as told by carers in nursing home wards. Clinical Nursing Research, 9, 260-279.
  8. Kellett, U., Moyle, W., McAllister, M., King, C. and Gallagher, F. (2010). Life stories and biography: a means of connecting family and staff to people with dementia. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 19, 1707-1715.
  9. Kemeny, B., Boettcher, I.F., Deshon, R.P. and Stevens, A.B. (2004). Postintervention focus groups: toward sustaining care. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 30, 4-9.
  10. Kontos, P.C., Mitchell, G.J., Mistry, B. and Ballon, B. (2010). Using drama to improve person-centred dementia care. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 5, 159-168.
  11. McKeown, J., Clarke, A., Ingleton, C., Ryan, T. and Repper, J. (2010). The use of life story work with people with dementia to enhance person-centred care. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 5, 148-158.
  12. Schrijnemaekers, V.J., Van, R.E., Van Heusden, M.J. and Widdershoven, G.A. (2002). Compliance in a randomized controlled trial: the implementation of emotion-orientated care in psycho-geriatric facilities. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 39, 182-189.
  13. Van Weert, J.C., Kerkstra, A., Van Dulmen, A.M., Bensing, J.M., Peter, J.G. and Ribbe, M.W. (2004). The implementation of snoezelen in psychogeriatric care: an evaluation through the eyes of caregivers. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 41, 397-409.

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