Cognitive Stimulation at Home and in Child Care and Children’s Preacademic Skills in Two‐Parent Families

ABSTRACTBackground: People with dementia report lower quality of life, but we know little about what interventions might improve it.Methods: We systematically reviewed 20 randomized controlled trials reporting the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions in improving quality of life or well-being of people with dementia meeting predetermined criteria. We rated study validity with a checklist. We contacted authors for additional data. We calculated standardized mean differences (SMD) and, for studies reporting similar interventions, pooled standardized effect sizes (SES).Results: Pooled analyses found that family carer coping strategy-based interventions (four studies, which did not individually achieve significance; n = 420; SES 0.24 (range 0.03–0.45)) and combined patient activity and family carer coping interventions (two studies, not individually significant; n = 191; SES 0.84 (range 0.54–1.14)) might improve quality of life. In one high-quality study, a care management system improved quality of life of people with dementia living at home. Group Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (GCST) improved quality of life of people with dementia in care homes.Conclusion: Preliminary evidence indicated that coping strategy-based family carer therapy with or without a patient activity intervention improved quality of life of people with dementia living at home. GCST was the only effective intervention in a higher quality trial for those in care homes, but we did not find such evidence in the community. Few studies explored whether effects continued after the intervention stopped. Future research should explore the longer-term impact of interventions on, and devise strategies to increase, life quality of people with dementia living in care homes or at home without a family carer.

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Child Temperament and Total Diurnal Cortisol in Out‐of‐Home Center‐Based Child Care and in At‐Home Parental Care

Child Development ◽

10.1111/cdev.13435 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Katja Tervahartiala ◽

Saara Nolvi ◽

Susanna Kortesluoma ◽

Juho Pelto ◽

Sirpa Hyttinen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Child Care ◽

Parental Care ◽

Child Temperament ◽

Diurnal Cortisol ◽

At Home

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Diurnal cortisol secretion at home and in child care: a prospective study of 2-year-old toddlers

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry ◽

10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02167.x ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 51 (3) ◽

pp. 295-303 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Isabelle Ouellet-Morin ◽

Richard E. Tremblay ◽

Michel Boivin ◽

Michael Meaney ◽

Michael Kramer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Child Care ◽

Prospective Study ◽

Cortisol Secretion ◽

Diurnal Cortisol ◽

A Prospective Study ◽

At Home

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Are Children Who Attend Family Child-Care Homes Meeting Dietary Recommendations at Home?

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.jneb.2017.05.251 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 49 (7) ◽

pp. S48-S49

Author(s):

Noereem Mena ◽

Maggie Tsai ◽

Patricia Risica ◽

Kim M. Gans ◽

Ingrid Lofgren ◽

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Keyword(s):

Child Care ◽

Family Child Care ◽

Care Homes ◽

Dietary Recommendations ◽

Family Child Care Homes ◽

At Home

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Preschoolers’ Total Daily Screen Time at Home and by Type of Child Care

The Journal of Pediatrics ◽

10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.08.005 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 158 (2) ◽

pp. 297-300 ◽

Cited By ~ 85

Author(s):

Pooja S. Tandon ◽

Chuan Zhou ◽

Paula Lozano ◽

Dimitri A. Christakis

Keyword(s):

Child Care ◽

Screen Time ◽

At Home

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CARE FOR PRETERM CHILD IN HOUSE: FATHERLY EXPERIENCES

Texto & Contexto - Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/1980-265x-tce-2019-0033 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 ◽

Author(s):

Carolina Mathiolli ◽

Cristina Maria Garcia de Lima Parada ◽

Rosangela Aparecida Pimenta Ferrari ◽

Adriana Valongo Zani

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Child Care ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

Preterm Child ◽

Care Protocol ◽

Nursing Mothers ◽

Time Availability ◽

Care At Home ◽

At Home

ABSTRACT Objective: to apprehend the paternal experiences related to the care provided to the preterm child at home by comparing the parents participating or not in the care protocol. Method: a qualitative research, conducted from July to October 2017, with 24 parents of preterm infants after discharge from a teaching hospital in the state of Paraná, Brazil, who participated or not in a care protocol during the period of hospitalization. The analysis was performed through the Collective Subject Discourse. Results: the parents who had the opportunity to participate in the protocol at the hospital reported that this care was important so that they could help their partners with their children at home. However, the parents participating or not in the protocol realize that the mother has a greater bond because of the possibility of greater time availability and because they are the nursing mothers and refer to work as a barrier to child care. Conclusion: the parents participating in the protocol report that it had a positive impact on their child care at home, in contrast, non-participating parents reported that having been included or not in the protocol did not interfere with their conduct at home. However, both groups agree that cultural factors and work are barriers to child care.

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Circumcision and the Tribe

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.29.4.677 ◽

1962 ◽

Vol 29 (4) ◽

pp. 677-678

Author(s):

T. D. Swafford

Keyword(s):

Child Care ◽

Sexual Intercourse ◽

Do So ◽

At Home

In regard to child care, I have come across two amusing quotations. 1. "Father Buget points out that the uncircumcised, kehee, has no rights of possession. He cannot build a homestead of his own. In the days of tribal war he could not go to the battlefield; he could only stay at home with the women and defend the homestead. He cannot boast or brag or even appear to do so. He is not allowed to wear the long hair of the mwanake, circumcised youth; it is taboo for him to have sexual intercourse with circumcised egirls.

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