Status:
Completed
Purpose:
To explore the launch and usefulness of a new program called Namaste Care and measure how the program changed quality of life of residents with late-stage dementia.
Setting:
Two long-term care homes in Canada.
Several positive effects on resident quality of life, with results showing that Namaste Care may increase the use of therapeutic approaches and improve resident mood and may also decrease resident pain, agitation, and medication and health service use.
Alzheimer Society of Brant, Haldimand Norfolk, Hamilton and Halton research grant and the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association.
Yous ML, Ploeg J, Kaasalainen S, McAiney C. Namaste Care delivered by caregivers of community-dwelling older adults with moderate to advanced dementia: A mixed methods study protocol. (2021). Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77, 1027-1036. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14623.
Yous ML, Ploeg J, Kaasalainen S, McAiney C, Fisher K. Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of the adapted Namaste Care program delivered by caregivers of community-dwelling older persons with moderate to advanced dementia: A mixed methods feasibility study. (2022). BMC Geriatrics, 22, 797. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03483-9.
Yous ML, Ploeg J, Kaasalainen S, McAiney C. (2022). Expereinces of caregivers of community-dwelling older persons with moderate to advanced dementia in adapting the Namaste Care Program: A qualitative descriptive study. Research Involvement and Engagement, 8, 61. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-022-00401-6.
Yous ML, Ploeg J, Kaasalainen S, McAiney C. (2022). Adapting the Namaste Care Porgram for use with caregivers of community-dwelling older adults with moderate to advanced dementia: A qualitative descriptive study. Canadian Journal on Aging, 42(2), 271-283. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0714980822000174
Yous ML, Hunter PV, Coker E, Fisher KA, Nicula M, Kazmie N, Bello-Haas VD, Hadjistavropoulos T, McAiney C, Thompson G, Kaasalainen S. (2023). Feasibility and effects of Namaste Care for persons with advanced dementia in Canadian long-term care homes. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 24(9), 1433-1438. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2023.04.031.
Yous ML, Hunter PV, Coker E, Fisher KA, Nicula M, Kazmie N, Bello-Haas VD, Hadjistavropoulos T, McAiney C, Thompson G, Kaasalainen S. (2024). Experiences of families, staff, volunteers, and administrators with namaste care for persons with advanced dementia in Canadian long-term care homes. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 25(5), 830-836. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2023.08.012.
Yous ML, Boamah SA, Hunter PV, Coker E, Hadjistavropoulos T, Sussman T, Kaasalainen, S. (2023). Exploring the factors influencing meaningful engagement of persons living with advanced dementia through the Namaste Care Program: a qualitative descriptive study. Palliative Care and Social Practice, 17, 26323524231165319. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/26323524231165319.
Li DH, Yous ML, Hunter PV, Coker E, Just D, Bello-Haas VD, McAiney C, Wickson-Griffiths A, Kaasalainen, S. (2023). Supporting the “hallway residents”: a qualitative descriptive study of staff perspectives on implementing the Namaste Care intervention in long-term care. BMC Geriatrics, 23(1), 661. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04360-9.
Yous ML, Coker E, Hunter PV, Fisher KA, Sue JL, Nicula M, Kazmie N, Orsini T, Sussman T, Thompson G, Kaasalainen, S. (2024). Acceptability and preliminary effects of the volunteer-supported Meaningful Moments program to engage older adults with advanced dementia on a hospital-based specialized dementia care unit: a mixed methods study. BMC Geriatrics, 24(1), 593. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05194-9.