5 results on '"Tan, Lay Ling"'
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2. A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Caregivers of Community Dwelling Persons with Severe Dementia (PISCES): Study Protocol.
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Malhotra, Chetna, Vishwanath, Padmini, Yong, Jing Rong, Østbye, Truls, Seow, Dennis, Yap, Phillip, Tan, Lay Ling, Tham, Weng Yew, Vaingankar, Janhavi, Foo, Jason, Tan, Boon Yeow, Tong, Kamun, Ng, Wai Chong, Allen, John Carson Jr, Malhotra, Rahul, Tan, Weng Mooi, Wee, Shiou Liang, Ng, Li Ling, Goveas, Richard, and Mok, Vanessa
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MENTAL health ,QUALITY of life ,EXPERIMENTAL design ,ADAPTABILITY (Personality) ,TERMINAL care ,DEMENTIA ,INDEPENDENT living ,PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers ,PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience - Abstract
Although many persons with severe dementia (PWSDs) are cared for at home by their family caregivers, few studies have assessed end of life (EOL) care experiences of PWSDs. We present the protocol for the PISCES study (Panel study Investigating Status of Cognitively impaired Elderly in Singapore) which aims to describe the clinical course, health care utilization, and expenditures for community-dwelling PWSDs; and perceived burden, coping, resilience, anticipatory and prolonged grief among their caregivers. This ongoing multi-center prospective longitudinal study is recruiting primary informal caregivers of 250 PWSDs from major restructured public hospitals, community hospitals, home care foundations, and hospices in Singapore. Caregivers are surveyed every four months for two years or until the PWSD passes away and then at eight weeks and six months post-death to assess the bereavement of the caregiver. Survey questionnaires included validated tools to assess PWSDs' quality of life, suffering, behaviors, functional status, resource utilization; and caregiver's satisfaction with care, awareness of prognosis, care preferences, resilience, coping, perceived burden, distress, positive aspects of caregiving, anticipatory grief, and bereavement adjustment. We also conduct qualitative in-depth interviews with a sub-sample of caregivers. The survey data is being linked with medical and billing records of PWSDs. The study has been approved by an ethics board. Results from the study will be disseminated through publications and presentations targeting researchers, policy makers and clinicians interested in understanding and improving EOL care for PWSDs and their caregivers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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3. Application of the European quality indicators for psychosocial dementia care in long-term care facilities in the Asia-Pacific region: a pilot study.
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Jeon, Yun-Hee, Wang, Huali, Youn, Jong-Chul, Brodaty, Henry, Chien, Wai Tong, Ha, Ju-Young, Ibrahim, Rahimah, Kirley, Belinda, Tan, Lay Ling, Thaipisuttikul, Papan, Vasse, Emmelyne, and Vernooij-Dassen, Myrra
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TREATMENT of dementia ,ELDER care ,AUDITING ,CLINICAL medicine ,HEALTH facilities ,HOSPITAL medical staff ,LONG-term health care ,MEDICAL care ,MEDICAL protocols ,MEDICAL records ,CULTURAL pluralism ,PILOT projects ,SOCIAL support ,KEY performance indicators (Management) ,RESIDENTIAL care ,FAMILY attitudes - Abstract
Objectives: An Asia-Pacific regional collaboration group conducted its first multi-country research project to determine whether or not European quality indicators (QIs) for psychosocial care in dementia could be implemented as a valid tool in residential aged care across seven Asia-Pacific sites (Australia, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mainland China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand). Method: Following the European QI protocol, auditing and data extraction of medical records of consenting residents with dementia were conducted by trained auditors with relevant health care backgrounds. Detailed field notes by the auditors were also obtained to describe the characteristics of the participating care facilities, as well as key issues and challenges encountered, for each of the 12 QIs. Results: Sixteen residential care facilities in the seven Asia-Pacific sites participated in this study. Data from 275 residents' records revealed each of the 12 Qis' endorsement varied widely within and between the study sites (0%-100%). Quality of the medical records, family and cultural differences, definitions and scoring of certain indicators, and time-consuming nature of the QI administration were main concerns for implementation. Conclusion: Several items in the European QIs in the current format were deemed problematic when used to measure the quality of psychosocial care in the residential aged care settings in participating Asia-Pacific countries. We propose refinements of the European QIs for the Asian-Pacific context, taking into account multiple factors identified in this study. Our findings provide crucial insights for future research and implementation of psychosocial dementia care QIs in this region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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4. Severity of depression and suicidal ideations among elderly people in Singapore.
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Tan LL, Wong HB, Tan, Lay Ling, and Wong, Hwee Bee
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Introduction: Studies in the West have concluded that the severity of depression is the strongest predictor of the course of suicidal ideations among the elderly. However, Asian culture tends to be more reserved and this may impact on the reporting of suicidal ideations. This study aims to determine the prevalence of suicidal ideation among depressed elderly people in Singapore and attempts to investigate the relationship between severity of depression and suicidality.Method: Eighty consecutive depressed patients were recruited and severity of depressive symptoms rated with Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI). Suicidality was assessed using the Beck's Hopelessness Scale (BHS) and Beck's Suicide Intent Scale (BSS). Suicidal ideation was defined as any thought of wanting to kill oneself over the past seven days and not just a passive wish to die.Results: 53.8% verbalized thoughts of wanting to kill themselves. Males were three times more likely to report suicidal thoughts. Severity of depression did not significantly influence the presence of suicidal thinking. The association of depression severity and suicidal ideations is not strongly supported.Conclusions: Elderly males were more likely to report suicidal ideations when depressed. Elderly patients who reported suicidal ideations were likely to be more severely depressed. However, in a depressed elderly person, the absence of suicidal ideations would not infer that the episode of depression was less severe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2008
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5. The impact of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia on distress in family and professional caregivers in Singapore.
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Tan LL, Wong HB, Allen H, Tan, Lay Ling, Wong, Hwee Bee, and Allen, Harry
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Background: Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are a source of distress and burden for caregivers. This study attempts to determine the neuropsychiatric symptoms, demographic characteristics, and referral patterns of outpatients with dementia compared with patients admitted to the acute psychogeriatric wards of Woodbridge Hospital. We also assessed the impact of neuropsychiatric symptoms on distress in family and professional caregivers.Method: Eighty-five consecutive patients with a first-time diagnosis of dementia were recruited. They were assessed using the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Caregiver Distress Scale (NPI-D). The professional caregiver distress questions were rephrased to assess the "occupational disruptiveness" of behaviors in the nursing home version (NPI-NH).Results: Neuropsychiatric symptoms were common and were positively correlated with caregiver distress. Family caregivers were significantly more distressed than professional caregivers over the delusion, agitation, depression and aberrant motor domains, although the severity of the behavioral disturbances reported was not higher in the sample. The median NPI scores for the agitation and disinhibition domains were significantly higher in the inpatient group, contrasting with a higher score for the depression domain among the outpatient group.Conclusions: This study highlights the prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia and illustrates the strong correlation between the severity of behavioral disturbances and caregiver distress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2005
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