Riitta Suhonen

TL;DR: No one-size-fits-all approach can be offered to guide informal caregivers when facing the possibility of institutionalization of the person with dementia, because of a wide variation in reasons between countries.

TL;DR: There is great variation in QoL and QoC scores among European countries and settings, and more knowledge is needed about the effect of different national health care systems and dementia strategies on QeL andQoC indicators.

TL;DR: A positive correlation between the level of individualised care received and patient satisfaction was found, confirming that individualised nursing care delivery influences patients' satisfaction with care and demonstrating that this quality of care indicator might be able to be used as a predictor of patient satisfaction, one outcome of care.

TL;DR: Graduating nursing students have good competence at the moment of graduation based on their self-assessment based on the Nurse Competence Scale, which was highest in helping role and in diagnostic functions, being slightly lower in therapeutic interventions and work role.

TL;DR: The ICS has demonstrated promise as a tool for measuring patients' evaluations of their hospital experience and individuality in care and was supported by the internal consistency reliability of the ICS.