Conclusion: Although research interest in the area of illness perceptions and their impact on help seeking for dementia is increasing, further work is needed to understand this area, particularly rega

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Managing behavioural and psychological symptoms in community dwelling older people with dementia: 1. A systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions (2018) · doi

  Nurses and occupational therapists appear to help people with dementia with behavioural and psychological symptoms, but professional comparisons are lacking and there is no shared language about or understanding of behavioural and psychological symptoms amongst professionals, or between professionals and family carers.

  Keywords: behavioural psychological symptoms professionals nurses occupational therapists appear help people dementia professional comparisons lacking there
• Caregiving and Adults With Intellectual Disabilities Affected by Dementia (2010) · doi

  Authors noted that pharmacological agents and nonpharmacological, psychosocial techniques were being used to assist carers manage behavior, but the evidence base of both nonpharmacological and pharmacological interventions that can help people with ID and dementia and their carers is insufficient because of the absence of systematic and robust studies.

  Keywords: pharmacological nonpharmacological carers authors noted agents psychosocial techniques used assist manage behavior evidence base interventions
• What is the relationship between people with dementia and their caregiver’s illness perceptions post-diagnosis and the impact on help-seeking behaviour? A systematic review (2021) · doi

  Conclusion: Although research interest in the area of illness perceptions and their impact on help seeking for dementia is increasing, further work is needed to understand this area, particularly regarding the influence of the relationship between the person with dementia and their caregiver.

  Keywords: area dementia conclusion interest illness perceptions impact help seeking increasing further needed understand particularly regarding