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Astrid Stephan
Researcher at Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Publications - 39
Citations - 722
Astrid Stephan is an academic researcher from Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dementia & Quality of life (healthcare). The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 39 publications receiving 459 citations. Previous affiliations of Astrid Stephan include Witten/Herdecke University.
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Barriers and facilitators to the access to and use of formal dementia care: Findings of a focus group study with people with dementia, informal carers and health and social care professionals in eight European countries
Astrid Stephan,Anja Bieber,Louise Hopper,Rachael Joyce,Kate Irving,Orazio Zanetti,Elisa Portolani,Liselot Kerpershoek,Frans R.J. Verhey,Marjolein E. de Vugt,Claire A. G. Wolfs,Siren Eriksen,Janne Røsvik,Maria J. Marques,Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira,Britt-Marie Sjölund,Hannah Jelley,Bob Woods,Gabriele Meyer +18 more
TL;DR: Further investigations are needed to elaborate how the concept of a key contact person could be integrated with existing case management approaches and how the independence and autonomy of people with dementia can be strengthened when formal care needs to be accessed and used.
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Needs and quality of life of people with middle-stage dementia and their family carers from the European Actifcare study. When informal care alone may not suffice
Liselot Kerpershoek,Marjolein E. de Vugt,Claire A. G. Wolfs,Bob Woods,Hannah Jelley,Martin Orrell,Astrid Stephan,Anja Bieber,Gabriele Meyer,Geir Selbæk,Ron Handels,Anders Wimo,Louise Hopper,Kate Irving,Maria J. Marques,Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira,Elisa Portolani,Orazio Zanetti,Frans R.J. Verhey +18 more
TL;DR: The study results show that informal carers reported almost twice as many needs as people with dementia, and the domains in which needs are expressed should be the primary focus for interventions to support QOL.
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Influences on the access to and use of formal community care by people with dementia and their informal caregivers: a scoping review
TL;DR: The findings indicate that people with dementia should more often be included in healthcare service research to ensure a better understanding of the barriers to accessing formal community care and a theoretical framework would likely help to describe this complex subject.
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Interventions to support people with dementia and their caregivers during the transition from home care to nursing home care: A systematic review
TL;DR: Evidence regarding the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions is thus insufficient; further research is needed focusing on the development and evaluation of complex psychossocial interventions and more well-designed RCTs with larger sample sizes based on a rigorous methodology.
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Inter-rater agreement of the Quality of Life-Alzheimer's Disease (QoL-AD) self-rating and proxy rating scale : secondary analysis of RightTimePlaceCare data
Josephine Römhild,Steffen Fleischer,Gabriele Meyer,Gabriele Meyer,Astrid Stephan,Astrid Stephan,Sandra M.G. Zwakhalen,Helena Leino-Kilpi,Adelaida Zabalegui,Kai Saks,Maria Soto-Martin,Caroline Sutcliffe,Ingalill Rahm Hallberg,Almuth Berg +13 more
TL;DR: Proxy quality of life ratings from professional and informal carers appear to be lower than the self-ratings of those with dementia, and a proxy rating should be judged as a complementary perspective for a self-assessment of quality ofLife by those with Alzheimer's Disease, rather than as a valid substitute.