MCSP

Scientific papers

Papers are available from the author upon request, please send an e-mail to meetingdem.eu@gmail.com.

Summary of the results of the project Evaluation of the implementation of the individualized Meeting Centres support Programme in the Netherlands. In this project three innovative individualized interventions, i.e. DemenTalent (volunteer work for people with dementia), Dementelcoach (telephone coaching for informal carers) and the STAR online course for informal carers, were added to the regular group-oriented support programme in Meeting Centres with the aim to support a broader group of people with dementia and carers, especially those who prefer individualized support. The new individualized programme proved an effective and cost-effective alternative to the group-oriented programme.

Watch below the video of the individualized Meeting Centres support programme in the Netherlands. The video is in Dutch, but contains English subtitles.

The Individualized Meeting Centres Support Programma (iMCSP)

Van Mierlo, L. D., Chattat, R., Evans, S., Brooker, D., Saibene, F. L., Gamberini, G., … Meiland, F. J. M. (2018). Facilitators and barriers to adaptive implementation of the Meeting Centers Support Program (MCSP) in three European countries; the process evaluation within the MEETINGDEM study. International Psychogeriatrics30(4), 527–537. doi:10.1017/S1041610217001922

Henderson, C., Rehill, A., Brooker, S., Evans, S.C., Evans, S.B., Bray, J., Saibene, F.L., Scorolli, C., Szcześniak, D., d’Arma, A., Urbanska, K., Atkinson, T., Farina, E., Rymaszewska, J., Chattat, R., Meiland, F.J.M., Dröes, R.M., Knapp, M. Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of the Meeting Centres Support Programme for People Living with De- mentia in Italy, Poland and the UK: The MEETINGDEM Study. Health and Social care in the Community (Accepted).

Shirley Evans, Simon Evans, Dawn Brooker, Cate Henderson, Dorota Szcześniak, Teresa Atkinson, Jennifer Bray, Rehill Amritpal, Francesca Lea Saibene, Alessia d’Arma, Claudia Scorolli, Rabih Chattat, Elisabetta Farina, Katarzyna Urbańska, Joanna Rymaszewska, Franka Meiland & Rose-Marie Dröes (2020) The impact of the implementation of the Dutch combined Meeting Centres Support Programme for family caregivers of people with dementia in Italy, Poland and UK, Aging & Mental Health, DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2018.1544207

Dröes, R. M., van Rijn, A., Rus, E., Dacier, S., & Meiland, F. (2019). Utilization, effect, and benefit of the individualized meeting centers support program for people with dementia and caregivers. Clinical interventions in aging, 2019:14 1527–1553.

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A comparison of a community-based dementia support program and nursing home-based day care: effects on carer needs, emotional burden and quality of life. Dementia, the International Journal of Social Research and Practice 2019

Utiliza- tion, effect and benefit of the Individualized Meeting Centers Support program for people with dementia and caregivers.

Lion, K. M., Szcześniak, D., Bulińska, K., Mazurek, J., Evans, S. B., Evans, S. C., Saibene, F. L., d’Arma, A., Scorolli, C., Farina, E., Brooker, D., Chattat, R., Meiland, F. J. M., Dröes, R. M., & Rymaszewska, J. (2021). Does the Meeting Centre Support Programme decrease the experience of stigmatisation among people with cognitive deficits?. Aging & mental health25(1), 160–169. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2019.1683815

Lion, K.M. Szcześniak, D., Bulińska, K., Evans, S.B., Evans, S.C., Saibene, F.L., d’Arma, A., Farina, E., Brooker, D.J., Chattat, R., Meiland, F.J.M. Dröes, R.M., Rymaszewska, J. Do people with dementia and mild cognitive impairments experience stigma? A cross-cultural investigation between Italy, Poland and the UK. Aging Ment Health. 2019 Feb 21:1-9. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2019.1577799.

Katarzyna Małgorzata Lion, Dorota Szcześniak, Katarzyna Bulińska, Justyna Mazurek, Shirley B. Evans, Simon C. Evans, Francesca Lea Saibene, Alessia d’Arma, Claudia Scorolli, Elisabetta Farina, Dawn Brooker, Rabih Chattat, Franka J. M. Meiland, Rose-Marie Dröes & Joanna Rymaszewska (2019) Does the Meeting Centre Support Programme decrease the experience of stigmatisation among people with cognitive deficits?, Aging & Mental Health, DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2019.1683815

Dorota Szcześniak, Joanna Rymaszewska, Francesca Lea Saibene, Katarzyna Małgorzata Lion, Alessia D’arma, Dawn Brooker, Shirley B. Evans, Simon C. Evans, Rabih Chattat, Claudia Scorolli, Franka Meiland, Iris Hendriks, Rose-Marie Dröes & Elisabetta Farina (2019) Meeting centres support programme highly appreciated by people with dementia and carers: a European cross-country evaluation, Aging & Mental Health, DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2019.1683814

Van Rijn A., Meiland F., & Dröes, RM. (2019) Linking two new E-health caregiver interventions to meeting centres for people with dementia and their carers; a process evaluation, Aging & Mental Health, DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2019.1617243

Justyna Mazurek, Dorota Szcześniak, Katarzyna Małgorzata Lion, Rose-Marie Dröes, Maciej Karczewski, Joanna Rymaszewska (2019)Does the Meeting Centres Support Programme reduce unmet care needs of community-dwelling older people with dementia? A controlled, 6-month follow-up Polish study. Clinical Interventions in Aging, vol. 14, Pages 113—122. https://doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S185683

D BrookerR Dröes, R Chattat, E Farina, J Rymaszewska, F Meiland, S Evans, and C Henderson, Enabling participation in social activity: the Meeting Centres Support Programme. Innov Aging. 2018 Nov; 2(Suppl 1): 584. Published online 2018 Nov 11. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igy023.2166 PMCID: PMC6229080

Szcześniak, D., Dröes, R., Meiland, F., Brooker, D., Farina, E., Chattat, R., . . . Rymaszewska, J. (2018). Does the community-based combined Meeting Center Support Programme (MCSP) make the pathway to day-care activities easier for people living with dementia? A comparison before and after implementation of MCSP in three European countries. International Psychogeriatrics, 30(11), 1717-1734. doi:10.1017/S1041610217002885

Brooker, D., Evans, S.C.,  Evans, S.B., Bray, J., Saibene,F.L., Scorolli, C., Szczesniak, D., d’Arma, A., Urbanska, K., Atkinson, T., Farina, E., Rymaszewska, J., Chattat, R., Hender-son, C., Rehill, A., Hendriks, I., Meiland, F., Dröes, R.M. Evaluation of the implementation of the Meeting Centres Support Program in Italy, Poland, and the UK; exploration of the effects on people with dementia. Int J Geriatric Psychiatry, 2018 Jul;33(7):883-892. doi: 10.1002/gps.4865.

Mazurek, J., Szcześniak, D., Urbańska, K., Dröes, R.M. & Rymaszewska, J. (2017). Met and unmet care needs of the elderly with dementia living at home: Personal and informal carers’ perspectives. Dementia, DOI: 10.1177/1471301217733233

Dröes, R. M., Meiland, F. J. M., Evans, S., Brooker, D., Farina, E., Szcześniak, D., … & Chattat, R. (2017). Comparison of the adaptive implementation and evaluation of the Meeting Centers Support Program for people with dementia and their family carers in Europe; study protocol of the MEETINGDEM project. BMC geriatrics, 17(1), 79.

Dröes, R. M., Meiland, F. J., Evans, S., Brooker, D., Farina, E., Szcześniak, D., Van Mierlo, L. D., Orrell, M., Rymaszewska, J., & Chattat, R. (2017). Comparison of the adaptive implementation and evaluation of the Meeting Centers Support Program for people with dementia and their family carers in Europe; study protocol of the MEETINGDEM project. BMC geriatrics17(1), 79. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0472-x

Dröes, R. M. (2017). MEETINGDEM; Implementation and Validation of the Meeting Centres Support Programme in Europe. IPA Bulletin, 34(2).

Mangiaracina, F., Chattat, R., Farina, E., Saibene, F. L., Gamberini, G., Brooker, D., … & Rymaszewska, J. (2016). Not re-inventing the wheel: the adaptive implementation of the meeting centres support programme in four European countries

van der Sanden, M. C., Farina, E., Saibene, F. L., Meiland, F. J. M., Dröes, R. M., Westerman, M. J., & Chattat, R. (2017). Implementation of the Dutch Meeting Centres Support Program for people with dementia and their carers in Milan: process evaluation of the preparation phase. Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 65, 1-12.

Urbańska, K., Szcześniak, D. & Rymaszewska, J. (2015) The stigma of dementia. Ad-vances in Psychiatry and Neurology.

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Urbańska, K., Szcześniak, D., Rymaszewska, J., Dröes, R.M. (2015) Program Wsparcia Centrum Spotkań – amsterdamski program zintegrowanego wsparcia dla osób z otępieniem i ich opiekunów. Advances In Psychiatry and Neurology. (In Polish)

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Dröes, R.M., Meiland, F.J.M., Schmitz, M.J. & Van Tilburg, W. (2011). How do people with dementia and their carers evaluate the Meeting Centres Support Programme? Non-pharmacological Therapies in Dementia, Vol. 2, Nr. 1.

Meiland, F.J.M., Dröes, R.M., Lange, J. de, Vernooij-Dassen, M.J.F.J., Tilburg, W. van (2010) Predictors of effective support in meeting centers for people with dementia and their carers, Nonpharmacological therapies in dementia; 1(3) 251-270.

Dröes, R.M., Meiland, F.J.M., Schmitz, M.J. & Van Tilburg, W. (2006). Effect of the Meeting Centres Support Program on informal carers of people with dementia: Results from a multi-centre study. Aging & Mental Health, 10(2):112-24. DOI: 10.1080/13607860500310682

Meiland, F.J., Dröes, R.M., de Lange, J. & Vernooij-Dassen, M.J (2005). Facilitators and barriers in the implementation of the meeting centres model for people with dementia and their carers. Health Policy, 71(2):243-53. DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.08.011

Meiland, F.J., Kat, M.G., Van Tilburg, W., Jonker, C. & Dröes, R.M. (2005). The emotional impact of psychiatric symptoms in dementia on partner caregivers: do caregiver, patient, and situation characteristics make a difference? Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord., 19(4):195-201.

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Meiland, F.J., Dröes, R.M., De Lange, J. & Vernooij-Dassen, M.J. (2004). Development of a theoretical model for tracing facilitators and barriers in adaptive implementation of innovative practices in dementia care. Arch Gerontol Geriatr Suppl. (9):279-90. DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2004.04.038

Dröes, R.M., Breebaart, E., Meiland, F.J., Van Tilburg, W. & Mellenbergh G.J (2004). Effect of Meeting Centres Support Program on feelings of competence of family carers and delay of institutionalization of people with dementia. Aging & Mental Health, 8(3):201-11. DOI: 10.1080/13607860410001669732

Dröes, R.M., Meiland, F.J., Schmitz, M.J., Boerema, I., Derksen, E., De Lange, J., Vernooij-Dassen, M.J., Van Tilburg, W. (2004). Variations in meeting centers for people with dementia and their carers. Results of a multi-center implementation study. Arch Gerontol Geriatr Suppl., (9):127-47. DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2004.04.020

Dröes, R.M., Meiland, F., Schmitz, M. & Van Tilburg, W. (2004). Effect of combined support for people with dementia and carers versus regular day care on behaviour and mood of persons with dementia: results from a multi-centre implementation study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19: 673–684. DOI: 10.1002/gps.1142

Dröes, R.M., Breebaart, E., Ettema, T.P., Van Tilburg, W., Mellenbergh, G.J (2000). Effect of integrated family support versus day care only on behavior and mood of patients with dementia. Int Psychogeriatr. 12(1):99-115.

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Professional papers

Papers are available from the author upon request, please send an e-mail to meetingdem.eu@gmail.com.

Brooker, D., Dröes, R. M., Evans, S., & Evans, S. (2017). Framing outcomes of post-diagnostic psychosocial interventions in dementia: the Adaptation-Coping Model and adjusting to change. Working with Older People, 21(1), 13-21.

Dröes et al. (2009). The Meeting Centres Support Programme. In Moniz-Cook, E., Manthorpe (eds). Early Psychosocial interventions in Dementia; evidence-based practice, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, UK.

Dröes, R.M., Meiland, F. & Tilburg, W. (2006). The Meeting Centres Support Programme model for persons with dementia and their carers: aims, methods and research. In Care-giving in dementia, Publisher: Routledge, UK, Editors: B. Miesen, G. Jones, pp.315-339

Dröes et al. (2004). Support programmes for caregivers of people with dementia: A review of methods and effects. In Care-giving in dementia III, Publisher: Routledge, UK, Editors: B. Miesen, G. Jones, pp.214-239

Films on MCSP

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Powerpoint Presentation on Meeting Center Support Program and MeetingDem

Online introductory course (8 movies) in English to help pioneers of new meeting centres in different parts of the world to prepare, set up and continue their meeting centre in a sustainable way.