ACTIFCare (ACces to Timely Formal Care)

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    Access to community care for persons with dementia and their informal carers: Case vignettes for a European comparison of structures and common pathways to formal care

    Bieber, A., Stephan, A., Verbeek, H., Verhey, F., Kerpershoek, L., Wolfs, C., de Vught, M., Woods, R., Røsvik, J., Selbaek, G., Sjölund, B. M., Wimo, A., Hopper, L., Irving, K., Marques, M. J., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Portolani, E., Zanetti, O. & Meyer, G., Jul 2018, In: Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie. 51, 5, p. 530-536 7 p.

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    Access to timely formal dementia care in Europe: protocol of the Actifcare (ACcess to Timely Formal Care) study

    Kerpershoek, L., de Vugt, M., Wolfs, C., Jelley, H., Orrell, M., Woods, R., Stephan, A., Bieber, A., Meyer, G., Engedal, K., Selbaek, G., Handels, R., Wimo, A., Hopper, L., Irving, K., Marques, M., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Portolani, E., Zanetti, O. & Verhey, F., 23 Aug 2016, In: BMC Health Services Research. 16, 423, p. 1-7 7 p.

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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

    Stephan, A., Bieber, A., Hopper, L., Joyce, R., Irving, K., Zanetti, O., Portolani, E., Kerpershoek, L., Verhey, F., de Vught, M., Wolfs, C., Eriksen, S., Røsvik, J., Marques, M. J., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Sjölund, B-M., Jelley, H., Woods, B. & Meyer, G., 4 Jun 2018, In: BMC Geriatrics. 18, 131.

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    Caregiver profiles in dementia related to quality of life, depression and perseverance time in the European Actifcare study: The importance of social health

    Janssen, E., de Vugt, M., Kohler, S., Wolfs, C., Kerpershoek, L., Handels, R., Orrell, M., Woods, R., Jelley, H., Stephan, A., Bieber, A., Meyer, G., Engedal, K., Selbaek, G., Wimo, A., Irving, K., Hopper, L., Marques, M., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Portolani, E., Zanetti, O. & Verhey, F., Jan 2017, In: Aging and Mental Health. 21, 1, p. 49-57 9 p.

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    Carers’ experiences of timely access to and use of dementia care services in eight European countries

    Jelley, H., Kerpershoek, L., Verhey, F., Wolfs, C., de Vught, M., Bieber, A., Stephan, A., Meyer, G., Michelet, M., Selbaek, G., Sjölund, B-M., Skoldunger, A., Hopper, L., Irving, K., Marques, M. J., Conceição Balsinha, M., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Portolani, D. M., Zanetti, O. & Woods, R., Feb 2021, In: Ageing and Society. 41, 2, p. 403-420 18 p.

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    Do caregiver profiles predict the use of dementia care services? Findings from the Actifcare study

    Kerpershoek, L., Woods, R., Wolfs, C., Verhey, F., Jelley, H., Bieber, A., Stephan, A., Michelet, M., Selbaek, G., Handels, R., Wimo, A., Hopper, L., Irving, K., Marques, M. J., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Portolani, E., Zanetti, O., de Vugt, M. & Consortium Actifcare, 1 Feb 2020, In: Aging and Mental Health. 24, 2, p. 272-279

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    Impact of Untimely Access to Formal Care on Costs and Quality of Life in Community Dwelling People with Dementia

    Janssen, N., Handels, R. L., Skoldunger, A., Woods, B., Jelley, H., Edwards, R. T., Orrell, M., Selbaek, G., Rosvik, J., Goncalves-Pereira, M., Marques, M. J., Zanetti, O., Portolani, E., Irving, K., Hopper, L., Meyer, G., Bieber, A., Stephan, A., Kerpershoek, L., Wolfs, C. A. G., de Vugt, M. E., Verhey, F. R. J., Wimo, A. & Consortium Actifcare, 23 Nov 2018, In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 66, 3, p. 1165-1174

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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

    Kerpershoek, L., de Vugt, M., Wolfs, C., Woods, R., Jelley, H., Orrell, M., Bieber, A., Meyer, G., Selbaek, G., Handels, R., Wimo, A., Hopper, L., Irving, K., Marques, M. J., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Portolani, E., Zanetti, O. & Verhey, F., Jul 2018, In: Aging and Mental Health. 22, 7, p. 897-902 6 p.

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    Optimizing access to and use of formal dementia care: Qualitative findings from the European Actifcare study

    Kerpershoek, L., Wolfs, C., Verhey, F., Jelley, H., Woods, R., Bieber, A., Bartoszek, G., Stephan, A., Selbaek, G., Eriksen, S., Sjölund, B-M., Hopper, L., Irving, K., Marques, M. J., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Portolani, D., Zanetti, O. & de Vught, M., Sept 2019, In: Health and Social Care in the Community. 27, 5, p. e814–e823 10 p.

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    Perspectives of policy and political decision makers on access to formal dementia care: Expert interviews in eight European countries

    Broda, A., Bieber, A., Meyer, G., Hopper, L., Joyce, R., Irving, K., Zanetti, O., Portolani, E., Kerpershoek, L., Verhey, F., de Vught, M., Wolfs, C., Eriksen, S., Røsvik, J., Marques, M. J., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Sjölund, B-M., Woods, R., Jelley, H., Orrell, M. & Stephan, A., 3 Aug 2017, In: BMC Health Services Research. 17, 518, p. 1 14 p.

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    Quality of Life, Care Resource Use, and Costs of Dementia in 8 European Countries in a Cross-Sectional Cohort of the Actifcare Study

    Handels, R., Skoldunger, A., Bieber, A., Edwards, R., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Hopper, L., Irving, K., Jelley, H., Kerpershoek, L., Marques, M. J., Meyer, G., Michelet, M., Portolani, E., Røsvik, J., Selbaek, G., Stephan, A., de Vught, M., Wolfs, C., Woods, R., Zanetti, O., Verhey, F. & Wimo, A., 23 Nov 2018, In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 66, 3, p. 1027-1040

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    Relationship quality and sense of coherence in dementia: results of a European cohort study

    Marques, M. J., Woods, R., Hopper, L., Jelley, H., Irving, K., Kerpershoek, L., Meyer, G., Bieber, A., Stephan, A., Skoldunger, A., Sjölund, B-M., Selbaek, G., Rosvik, J., Zanetti, O., Portolani, E., de Vugt, M., Verhey, F., Gonçalves-Pereira, M. & Consortium Actifcare, May 2019, In: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 34, 5, p. 745-755 11 p.

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    What are the essential features of resilience for informal caregivers of people living with dementia? A Delphi consensus examination

    Joling, K. J., Windle, G., Droes, R. M., Huisman, M., Hertogh, C. & Woods, R. T., 21 Dec 2015, In: Aging and Mental Health.

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    Interventions to enhance access to and utilization of formal community care services for home dwelling persons with dementia and their informal carers. A scoping review

    Røsvik, J., Michelet, M., Engedal, K., Bieber, A., Broda, A., Goncalves-Pereira, M., Hopper, L., Irving, K., Jelley, H., Kerpershoek, L., Meyer, G., Marques, M. J., Portolani, E., Sjölund, B-M., Skoldunger, A., Stephan, A., Verhey, F., de Vugt, M., Woods, R., Wolfs, C., Zanetti, O., Selbaek, G. & Consortium Actifcare, 1 Feb 2020, In: Aging and Mental Health. 24, 2, p. 200-211

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