Gabriele Meyer
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
7 Papers
Gabriele Meyer is an academic researcher from Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dementia & Nursing research. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 7 publications.
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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.
Access to timely formal dementia care in Europe: protocol of the Actifcare (ACcess to Timely Formal Care) study.
Liselot Kerpershoek,Marjolein E. de Vugt,Claire A. G. Wolfs,Hannah Jelley,Martin Orrel,Bob Woods,Astrid Stephan,Anja Bieber,Gabriele Meyer,Knut Engedal,Geir Selbæk,Ron Handels,Ron Handels,Anders Wimo,Louise Hopper,Kate Irving,Maria J. Marques,Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira,Elisa Portolani,Orazio Zanetti,Frans R.J. Verhey +20 more
TL;DR: The background and methods of the Actifcare (ACcess to Timely Formal Care) project are presented, which aims at best-practice development in finding timely access to formal care for community-dwelling people with dementia and their informal carers.
Caregiver profiles in dementia related to quality of life, depression and perseverance time in the European Actifcare study: the importance of social health
Eveline P. C. J. Janssen,Marjolein E. de Vugt,Sebastian Köhler,Claire A. G. Wolfs,Liselot Kerpershoek,Ron Handels,Martin Orrell,Bob Woods,Hannah Jelley,Astrid Stephan,Anja Bieber,Gabriele Meyer,Knut Engedal,Geir Selbæk,Anders Wimo,Kate Irving,Louise Hopper,Maria J. Marques,Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira,Elisa Portolani,Orazio Zanetti,Frans R.J. Verhey +21 more
TL;DR: Differences exist between types of caregivers that explain variability in quality of life, depressive symptoms and perseverance time, and may give direction for tailored interventions for caregivers of persons with dementia, which may improve social health and reduce health care costs.
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.
Access to community care for people with dementia and their informal carers : Case vignettes for a European comparison of structures and common pathways to formal care.
Anja Bieber,Astrid Stephan,Hilde Verbeek,Frans R.J. Verhey,Liselot Kerpershoek,Claire A. G. Wolfs,M.E. de Vugt,Robert T. Woods,Janne-Kathrin Røsvik,Geir Selbæk,Britt-Marie Sjölund,Anders Wimo,Louise Hopper,Kate Irving,Maria J. Marques,Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira,Elisa Portolani,Orazio Zanetti,Gabriele Meyer +18 more
TL;DR: The transnational Actifcare project as mentioned in this paper described and compared common pathways to formal community dementia care in eight European countries as a part of the transnational ACTIF CARE project, including Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.